Mural paintings have existed since the pre-historical age, but they are now vulnerable heritage that require conservation innovation.
Mural paintings and their architectural heritage are...
Researchers have successfully designed a new solar-powered nanodevice that can sustainably split water atoms to produce hydrogen.
In their recent paper, published in Biomedical Spectroscopy...
A newly developed Bluetooth enabled miniaturised potentionstat shows 98% accuracy in testing biochemical processes, with the capability to independently transmit data in real time.
Electrochemical...
A team of scientists, led by North Carolina State University, has developed a new catalyst that can more efficiently and sustainably convert ethane into...
Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology report that they have developed a scalable production method for cuprous oxide (Cu2O) micrometre-sized crystals.
The compound Cu2O,...
Rita Craveiro, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, discusses how using enzymes as biocatalysts can allow for a greener chemistry industry.
Chemicals or...
For a society that thrives on renewable energy, it is essential that excess renewable energy is converted into chemical fuels.
Hydrogen peroxide (HP) is an...
In a bid to influence further research into nanoelectrochemistry, Horizon 2020 have funded project SENTINEL which offers a four year Innovative Training Network for...
Researchers at University of Leeds have developed ‘nano-tweezers’ which can extract single molecules from living cells without destroying them.
Dr Paolo Actis, from the School...
Researchers have published a paper outlining how wood could offer a sustainable replacement to petroleum in the chemical industry.
Bioengineers and economists from The Katholieke...
A new polyethylene production technology has doubled the length of ethylene chains in comparison with those obtained by existing methods for polymers synthesis.
To achieve...
Scientists have discovered a new type of chlorophyll molecule which can allow solar cells to function better than ever before.
The process which allows plants...
We spoke to the President of The Nutrition Society, Professor Julie Lovegrove, about the importance of nutrition science.
The Nutrition Society was established in 1941....
2D materials possess unique application potential. To unravel it, fundamental science is as important as applied research.
With the isolation and characterisation of graphene 15...
Ultrathin layers and ordered nanocylinder arrays in solar cells made from alternative materials.
With his ERC Grant 'Solacylin', Professor Julien Bachmann and his team at...
Dietary fibres confer numerous benefits as part of a healthy diet, but these are specific to which fibres are consumed.
Dietary fibres are indigestible carbohydrates...
We spoke to president of the ESB, Pamela Habibovic, about the importance of biomaterials research and development in Europe.
The future of innovation in the...
From biosynthetic versatility to applications in therapeutics, Andrade’s team has been travelling through marine and terrestrial organisms.
Over the last two decades, the group of...