An international group of researchers has synthesized an extremely rare mineral and used it as a catalyst precursor to improve two reactions that are of great importance to the chemical indu... Read more
A research team from the University of Liverpool and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has reached an important milestone towards creating a urine diagnostic test for prost... Read more
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have made a major breakthrough by making a porous liquid – with the potential for a massive range of new technologies including ‘carbon capture’. Res... Read more
Scientists have developed a new tissue ‘scaffold’ technology that could one day enable the engineering of large organs Research led by the Universities of Bristol and Liverpool has shown tha... Read more
A sponge-like plastic that sops up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) might ease our transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, such as hydrogen. The mat... Read more
The chemical used to make tofu and bath salts could also replace a highly toxic and expensive substance used to make solar cells, a University study published in the journal Nature has revea... Read more
In an important development for the health of elderly people, University of Liverpool researchers have developed a new method to target bone growth. As people age their bones lose density an... Read more
Scientists demonstrate first contagious airborne WiFi virus Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that WiFi networks can be infected with a virus th... Read more
An end to mascara testing on animals could be in sight thanks to tiny organisms nicknamed ‘slipper’ and ‘eyelash’. Mascara is a mild irritant, and rabbits have, historically, been used to te... Read more
In this month’s issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catast... Read more
Expert says problem isn’t just population, it’s lifestyle Our most pressing environmental challenge is not how many people the planet can support, but rather how many cellphone-toting, satel... Read more
“The findings will help us feed a growing global population by speeding up the development of new varieties of wheat able to cope with the challenges faced by farmers worldwide.” UK, G... Read more
It can also provide dedicated energy crops suitable for establishment on marginal land Putting the water-use-efficient and turbo-charged photosynthesis from plants such as agave into woody b... Read more