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The latest science news from areas such as physics, chemistry, biology and health, along with the ever expanding field of materials science and space exploration.

Chasing strangeness with a hybrid ring imaging Cherenkov detector

Professor Fatiha Benmokhtar is conducting experiments using hybrid Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors to investigate the proton’s structure.

The Department of Animal Biosciences: A global leader in research and education on agricultural and companion animals

The Department of Animal Biosciences underpins the ethical and sustainable production of animal products and care of companion animals.

Positioning Europe as a key hub for life sciences

Explore the Strategy for European Life Sciences and its aims to accelerate Europe’s leadership in the life sciences sector.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 global targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. Our latest science news includes updates from organisations looking to tackle Goal 4 and Goal 17.

Quality Education - UN SDG Goal 4 Partnerships for the Goals - UN SDG Goal 17

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for advancements in genome editing

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for developing one of the most important genome editing...

Researchers create nanoscale diamond needles to conduct electricity

An international team of scientists suggest that diamonds could conduct electricity when they are deformed to nanoscale needles. Using computer simulations, the team, led by...

Researchers produce megatesla order magnetic fields

Researchers from Osaka University, Japan, have discovered a novel mechanism, called ‘microtube implosion’, which demonstrates the generation of megatesla order magnetic fields. Since the 19th...

New review analyses why hydrogen makes ferritic steel brittle

A new paper by researchers at the American Institute of Physics discusses how advances in science can help us understand why hydrogen makes ferritic...

New circuit can convert graphene’s thermal motion into electricity

Physicists at the University of Arkansas have developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current. The findings,...

Additive manufacturing to create highly sensitive sensors

Researchers led by the University of Cambridge (UoC), UK, have used additive manufacturing techniques to create ultra-thin electronic fibres which can be used to...

Scientists develop biophysical tools to test cell adhesion

Scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, have developed several biophysical tools to test the strength of cell adhesion, furthering our understanding...

European chemical industry: Increasing sustainability and digitisation

Cefic’s Executive Director for Innovation, Pierre Barthelemy, spoke to The Innovation Platform about the clear role of the chemical industry in enabling Europe to...

New algorithm to improve the efficiency of synthetic biology experiments

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created a new tool that adapts machine learning algorithms to the needs of...

CERN discusses its new 3D printed neutrino detector SuperFGD

Albert De Roeck, senior research scientist at CERN, spoke to Innovation News Network’s digital editor, Caitlin Magee, about the EP-Neutrino group and its 3D...

New composite material to increase efficiency of electric vehicle motors

Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, have created a composite material that can increase the electrical current capacity of copper wires, potentially...

Engineers use AI and machine learning to predict the quality of bioscaffolds

A research team, led by Lydia Kavraki of Rice University's Brown School of Engineering, USA, have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies...

Planck-HFI – a window onto the history of the Universe

Dr François Bouchet, Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), was one of the pioneers of the European Space Agency’s...

Developing sustainable graphene technologies

Vincenzo Palermo, Vice Director of the Graphene Flagship, discusses how graphene technologies will contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 sustainable development goals...

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