Materials science company NaturalNano is to work with the Nylon Corporation of America (NYCOA) to develop a range of nylon nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties.
EDF Energy has inked a deal with British Salt to acquire a site to build a new fast cycle underground gas storage facility in Cheshire.
Australian scientists are to lead an initiative to develop standards for sharing information collected by sensors and sensor networks over the internet.
Researchers in the US have turned to squid rings in the development of a coating that encourages materials to repair themselves.
When J Sainsbury’s looked to reduce its energyconsumption by 15%, it enlisted the help of Parasense to implement solutions within the refrigeration infrastructure of selected sites.
Scotland’s test centre for commercial-scale wave- and tidal-energy devices is expanding to attract businesses who wish to test small prototypes earlier in the product-development cycle.
Silver nanowires have been combined with graphene to develop a material that could make smartphone screens cheaper, less brittle, and more environmentally friendly to manufacture.
A new device that is claimed to be able to detect sepsis in less than thirty minutes could save thousands of lives every day its developers have claimed.
Research has found that a specific type of graphene, which has ‘huge potential’ to tackle multiple global challenges, could be developed further without acute risk to human health.
A cheap and efficient method of producing microbubbles is set to benefit a whole range of industries from biofuel production to drug delivery and even fish farms.
