Energy

Whether it’s a bag of oranges or a tank full of petrol, the commodities we rely on will have come down the motorway in a fleet of lorries...

A major research initiative which will create a European network of academics and companies working on graphene has been approved, with the...

A centre for research on graphene, a material which has the potential to revolutionise numerous industries, ranging from healthcare to electronics...

A new generation of cheap lightweight plastic electronic technology that does not require silicon, but which is optically transparent and can be...

New research reveals what happens when swimming cells such as spermatozoa and algae hit a solid wall, and has implications for applications in...

Quantum scale photosynthesis in biological systems which inhabit extreme environments could hold key to new designs for solar energy and nanoscale...

Thorium is being touted as an ideal fuel for a new generation of nuclear power plants, but in a piece in this week’s Nature, researchers suggest it...

New models are being developed to predict how changing land use in the tropics could affect future climate, air quality and crop production.