Latest Chemical Stories
Guide to applying for registered professional title of ‘chartered engineer’October 7, 2019
Creating new opportunities from nanoscale materialsSeptember 23, 2019
MIT engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to dateSeptember 23, 2019
With apologies to 'Spinal Tap', it appears that black can, indeed, get more black. Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials
Microplastics: Beginning of the end for land application of biosolids?September 9, 2019
Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaustSeptember 9, 2019
Heat shield just 10 atoms thick to protect electronic devicesAugust 26, 2019
Atomically thin materials could create heat-shields for mobile phones or laptops that would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact
A material way to make Mars habitableJuly 29, 2019
Research suggests that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a material - silica aerogel - that mimics Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect
Chemists could make ‘smart glass’ smarter by manipulating it at the nanoscaleJuly 15, 2019
A new ‘golden’ age for electronics?July 1, 2019
Not by the book: How an Irish startup is transforming STEM learning in the classroomJune 13, 2019
It is widely accepted that getting children interested in STEM subjects from an early age should be encouraged as it provides a gateway for future interest in later years, and CleverBooks, is doing this by integrating modern technology into the teaching of these subjects, writes Ken Mitchell
New 3D-printed technology lowers cost of common medical testMay 29, 2019
A desire for a simpler, cheaper way to do common laboratory tests for medical diagnoses and to avoid 'washing the dishes' led researchers to develop a new technology that reduces cost and time
A step for a promising new battery to store clean energyMay 20, 2019
Layer of Protection Analysis: Key points to improve a layperson’s understandingMay 7, 2019
PM Group's Richard Coffey outlines a number of points to help improve communication and provide a better understanding of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) among safety professionals, operations personnel and production managers
Crowd oil: Fuels from air-conditioning systemsMay 7, 2019
Researchers have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water from the ambient air. Compact plants are to separate CO2 from the ambient air directly in buildings and produce synthetic hydrocarbons which can then be used as renewable synthetic oil
Need more energy storage? Just hit ‘print’April 23, 2019
Agtech: The future of agriculture is computerisedApril 9, 2019
Economic, environmental and operational feasibility study: Inline conditioning of buffers in chromatography applicationsMarch 26, 2019
Engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrudeMarch 12, 2019
A team of chemical engineers have developed a new kind of jet mixer for creating biomass from algae that extracts the lipids from the watery plants with much less energy than the older extraction method - a discovery that puts this form of energy closer to becoming a viable, cost-effective alternative fuel
Lithium-air batteries can store energy for cars, houses and industryFebruary 26, 2019
First carbon fibres with uniform porous structureFebruary 12, 2019
Chemistry researchers use block copolymers to create first carbon fibres with uniform porous structure