graphene

Graphene’s coming of commercial age

Terrance Barkan, Executive Director of The Graphene Council, discusses the evolution of graphene, from a scientific discovery to a ‘wonder material’. Ever since the 2004...
electric vehicle battery testing centre

BP invests £50m in new electric vehicle battery testing centre

BP announce its £50m investment in new global battery research and development centre in UK, expected to open in 2024. BP has unveiled plans to...
advanced nuclear reactor technology

Facilitating advanced nuclear reactor technology through fuel innovation

Elizabeth Sooby PhD, Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio, discusses the need for fuel innovation and discovery to enable advanced...
Responsibly sourcing silica

Responsibly sourcing silica sand to meet global demand

VRX Silica explores the impending shortage of silica sand, the need for responsible sourcing, and why the company’s three multi-decade silica sand projects in...
low carbon heating

UK government plans to implement green upgrades for public buildings

On 2 August 2022, the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced approximately £635m funding for public sector organisations to install...
cybersecurity

The NSF announces investments to advance cybersecurity efforts

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has declared a $25.4m investment to improve innovative projects in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is critical to safeguarding infrastructure, keeping supply chains...
raw materials

Accelerating Norway’s raw material potential on the road to net zero

Norwegian exploration and mining company, Kuniko, recognises that raw material potential is at the core of the transition to a sustainable, net zero carbon...
Relativity

Researchers challenge Einstein’s theory using extreme stars

An international research team have conducted a 16-year long experiment with the aim to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity. A research team from the...
artificial vision system

Developing an innovative amphibious artificial vision system

Researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have developed an amphibious artificial vision system with a panoramic field-of-view capable of imaging both...
Super-Earth

Super-Earth observed near the habitable zone of red dwarf

A super-Earth planet has been discovered near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. The new discovery of...