Clean power from coal
01 August 2009Coal – affordable and still abundant – but also the worst offender when it comes to fuel-associated carbon emissions. How well can coal be cleaned...
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Coal – affordable and still abundant – but also the worst offender when it comes to fuel-associated carbon emissions. How well can coal be cleaned...
How can the cost of solar cells be reduced enough to make them a feasible source of large-scale renewable energy? The answer is to make...
A consortium led by Dr Julian Allwood aims to drive a step-change in the manufacturing of steel and aluminium to meet 2050 carbon targets.
A multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on the complex energy requirements of cities and how they can be reshaped.
A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
Renaissance scholar Dr Abigail Brundin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, has been awarded an ‘I Tatti’ Fellowship from Harvard University, enabling her to...
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being...
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the fascinating story behind the development of a new type of...
A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called...
A groundbreaking new study, supported by The Bonita Trust*, that will look at Charles Darwin's impact on attitudes to gender and sexuality, has been announced...