The EU is funding a range of research projects to ensure that Europe has an industrial base and supply network able to meet growing demand for batteries.

More effective treatments for snakebites that afflict millions of people worldwide every year are emerging from EU research.

Researchers are turning to two crops to tackle the environmental harm of apparel made with synthetic fibres.

Prof Iwnetim Abate aims to extract hydrogen from rocks by stimulating its natural production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.

In MIT’s 2024 Killian Lecture, chemical engineer Paula Hammond described her groundbreaking work on nanoparticles designed to attack tumour cells.

In research that may lead to next-generation aircraft and spacecraft, engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The nanostitched samples were up to 62% tougher and more resistant to cracks, compared with the same advanced composite material that was held together with conventional polymers.