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20/05/2024
In a pivotal moment for the future of large-scale welding and nuclear craft assembly, an expert team from Sheffield Forgemasters have built a full-sized small modular reactor (SMR) in under 24 hours!
17/05/2024
Reusing waste materials is vital for more sustainable industrial processes. A new study has discovered a more effective method for recycling two common industrial by-products into a high-value material. Keep reading to learn more.
16/05/2024
Sustainable production of green hydrogen is a vital step on our journey towards greenhouse gas reduction and a carbon-neutral future. Excitingly, the development of a new technique of water splitting may be moving us one step closer to this ideal. Learn more with The Lab…
15/05/2024
Understanding hydrogen on an atomic level can have huge ramifications for how we approach clean energy in the future. Interesting new developments have arisen from a team of researchers, who have created a new visualisation technique to record the behaviour of hydrogen on the tiniest scale…
14/05/2024
Costing trillions of dollars to repair, corrosion is one of the most damaging effects in material science. But, new research that looks at this process at an atomic level may have far-reaching ramifications in the understanding of passivation, and the future or harnessing clean energy.
13/05/2024
A team from City University in Hong Kong has recently advanced the conventional understanding of oxidation, in this case with regards to metallic glass nanomaterial behaviour. This research could have exciting ramifications for the development of nanotechnology.
10/05/2024
Traditionally-held beliefs about the interface between water molecules on the surface of electrolyte solutions (like seawater) and air are being challenged by a new discovery made by a research team from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute.
09/05/2024
A team from the University of Córdoba has found value in one of the most abundant sources of waste – sewage. Turning this mineral-rich material into something useful could have important ramifications for the environment, so keep reading to learn more with The Lab.
08/05/2024
Biofuels are an important step towards reducing our impact on the environment and our reliance on fossil fuels – but this process has struggled with efficiency. New technology, led by Associate Research Professor Charles Cai, may start to change this and improve the viability of mass-scale, effective biofuel production.
07/05/2024
To reduce the effects of climate change, new methods of removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are essential. One new study from Oregon State University explores the efficacy of vanadium as a carbon capture reactionary material.
