Carbon ‘candy floss’ could help prevent energy blackouts
Super-strong wires made from carbon nanotubes, which could significantly improve the efficiency with which electricity is supplied across the UK have been developed in a usable form for the first...
View ArticleAir, water and sun: the ingredients of ‘green gasoline’
In a matter of decades, homeowners might have their own power plants that use sunshine not only to power their homes but also to synthesise petrol for their cars. This is the vision of chemist Dr Erwin...
View ArticleGraphene flagship sets sail
A major European project to take graphene and other related layered materials from academic laboratories to society has begun.Graphene was selected as one of Europe’s first “Future Emerging technology”...
View ArticleWhen building for the future means what it says
When the Victorian domestic housing boom kicked off in the 19th century, the designers, developers and inhabitants of the new terraces that sprung up across the country would probably have paid scant...
View Article4 degree temperature rise will end vegetation ‘carbon sink’
Latest climate and biosphere modelling suggests that the length of time carbon remains in vegetation during the global carbon cycle - known as ‘residence time’ - is the key “uncertainty” in predicting...
View ArticleGlobal soil carbon: new study highlights the need for better understanding...
The study, published recently in Carbon Management, collates published estimates of how much carbon is stored globally within soil. The findings draw attention to the extent to which changing the way...
View ArticleQuantum researchers close in on dream vacancy
Scientists have successfully tested a new way of using miniscule fragments of diamond to transmit information, a method which could eventually lead to the development of new computing and sensing...
View ArticleFirst graphene-based flexible display produced
The partnership between the two organisations combines the graphene expertise of the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC), with the transistor and display processing steps that Plastic Logic has already...
View ArticleWatts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested the first aircraft to be powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, where an electric...
View ArticleOpinion: Harder than diamond: have scientists really found something tougher...
Ask most people what the hardest material on Earth is and they will probably answer “diamond”. Its name comes from the Greek word ἀδάμας (adámas) meaning “unbreakable” or “invincible” and is from where...
View ArticleGraphene flagship sets sail
A major European project to take graphene and other related layered materials from academic laboratories to society has begun.Graphene was selected as one of Europe’s first “Future Emerging technology”...
View ArticleWhen building for the future means what it says
When the Victorian domestic housing boom kicked off in the 19th century, the designers, developers and inhabitants of the new terraces that sprung up across the country would probably have paid scant...
View Article4 degree temperature rise will end vegetation ‘carbon sink’
Latest climate and biosphere modelling suggests that the length of time carbon remains in vegetation during the global carbon cycle - known as ‘residence time’ - is the key “uncertainty” in predicting...
View ArticleGlobal soil carbon: new study highlights the need for better understanding...
The study, published recently in Carbon Management, collates published estimates of how much carbon is stored globally within soil. The findings draw attention to the extent to which changing the way...
View ArticleQuantum researchers close in on dream vacancy
Scientists have successfully tested a new way of using miniscule fragments of diamond to transmit information, a method which could eventually lead to the development of new computing and sensing...
View ArticleFirst graphene-based flexible display produced
The partnership between the two organisations combines the graphene expertise of the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC), with the transistor and display processing steps that Plastic Logic has already...
View ArticleWatts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested the first aircraft to be powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, where an electric...
View ArticleOpinion: Harder than diamond: have scientists really found something tougher...
Ask most people what the hardest material on Earth is and they will probably answer “diamond”. Its name comes from the Greek word ἀδάμας (adámas) meaning “unbreakable” or “invincible” and is from where...
View ArticleCarbon capture: universities and industry work together to tackle emissions
The world is not going carbon-free any time soon: that much is clear. Developed and developing countries alike rely on fossil fuels for transport, industry and power, all of which release CO2 into the...
View ArticleGraphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications
Graphene, among other materials, can capture particles of light called photons, combine them, and produce a more powerful optical beam. This is due to a physical phenomenon called optical harmonic...
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