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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.

Large Hadron Collider now powering nearby homes through heat exchange system

Discover how a heat exchange system at CERN turns waste heat from the Large Hadron Collider into heating for homes and businesses in France.

Biosolutions: Engineering a sustainable future, a path to net zero, and economic resilience

Explore the topic of biosolutions and how they are helping to drive a more sustainable future in the UK and beyond.

Electron beam technology emerges as a new weapon against PFAS pollution

Electron beam technology offers a powerful new method to break down PFAS pollution in water and soil, providing an efficient alternative.
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

Scientists use AI to help identify new cell types and cell functions

Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a new method of image analysis to help researchers find new cell types...

How oxygen affects the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks

Researchers from South Korea have collaborated to identify the effects of oxygen on the synthesis of novel metal-organic frameworks. Metal-organic frameworks are composed of metal...

New tools for nuclear astrophysics experiments

Professor Arthur Champagne, from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, describes a new accelerator facility for...

Researchers develop new 3D photodetector modelled on a spider’s web

Innovators at Purdue University, USA, have modelled a 3D photodetector on the structure of a spider’s web for biomedical imaging. Purdue researchers used the structural...

New technology to improve the extraction of thorium

A Russian research consortium has improved the technology used in the alkaline extraction of thorium, increasing the sustainability and safety of nuclear power. The consortium...

Research engineers create a sustainable, organic redox flow battery

Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have created an organic redox flow battery, with a large capacity to store energy from...

High energy physics in China

Professor Yifang Wang spoke to The Innovation Platform about high energy physics in China and the multifaceted work taking place at the Institute of...

New UK funding programme to distribute £109m to UK innovators

The UK Government has announced a new funding programme, worth £109m, for more than 100 of the UK’s top scientists to convert their innovative...

Scientist develop new multi-purpose antiviral bioactive material

Researchers from the University College London, UK, have published a paper in Applied Physics Reviews describing new methods of producing core-sheath polymer fibres to...

Researchers develop precise temperature sensor using MXene

A layered material developed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, acts as a precise temperature sensor by utilising the...

Researchers use silk to improve 3D printed hydrogels for tissue regrowth

A research team from Osaka University, Japan, has reprocessed silk into a biologically compatible component of bioinks, improving the structural fidelity of 3D printed...

New hybrid supercapacitor to improve upon conventional batteries

Researchers from Graz University of Technology, Austria, have developed a safe and sustainable hybrid supercapacitor for the repeated storage of electrical energy. Limited safety, sustainability,...

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...

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