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LOOP decarbonisation tech gets first UK deployment

UK’s Carbon Re targets industrial emissions using AI

Pollutant treatable by Puraffinity

PFAS adsorbent helps clean up of GenX ‘forever chemicals’

Microstructured surface reveals amphiphiles to naked eye

Artist’s impression of the way natural cellulose fibres are combined to form the CNF yarn, and a magnified section showing the nanoscopic rod-shaped filaments within the yarn bundle

Research reveals thermal conductivity of cellulose fibres

3D printed thermoplastic on woven-carbon fibre reinforcement

Self-healing composite keeps parts in service

‘Conductive Play-Doh’ could herald new class of materials

Gentoo penguins inspire solution to ice build-up

Spectrometer on a chip

International team develops scaled down spectrometer

Researchers improve light absorption in perovskite/si tandem solar cells

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Swansea team transforms face masks into Ethernet cables

Ruthenium doped with nickel proved to be a robust catalyst to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The anode developed at Rice University is intended to replace expensive iridium in industrial catalysts

Iridium replaced with ruthenium in hydrogen production