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Biotech breakthrough turns waste biomass into high value chemicals
28-Nov-2019
A move towards a more sustainable bio-based economy has been given a new boost by researchers who have been able to simplify a process to transform waste materials into high value chemicals. A collaboration between the UK and Brazil has shown that waste sugar cane and wheat straw from ...
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
26-Nov-2019
A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted into useful industrial chemicals using only water and air thanks to a new advanced material developed by an international team of scientists. New research led by The University of ...
A Rack for Ammonia
Metal-organic framework as a robust material for the uptake and storage of ammonia at densities that come close to that of the liquefied gas
09-Oct-2018
Handling, storing, and shipping of ammonia requires costly equipment and special precautions because of its inherent corrosiveness and toxicity. Scientists in Manchester, UK, have found that a metal–organic framework, MFM-300(Al), a porous solid, not only effectively filters harmful nitrogen ...
World's first 'molecular robot' capable of building molecules
22-Sep-2017
Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world's first 'molecular robot' that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which are a millionth of a millimetre in size, can be programmed to move and build molecular cargo, using a ...
Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water
05-Apr-2017
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing ...
Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste
14-Mar-2017
Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to 'fish out' the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning industry even safer and more effective. Elizabeth Wildman, a PhD student in the research group led by ...
Entering the 'Wild West' of chemistry to reveal a surprise finding
15-Feb-2017
Researchers at The University of Manchester have entered the "Wild West" of the periodic table to finally solve a decades-old scientific challenge -- and have revealed that an important but niche chemical bonding principle may be much more widely applicable than previously thought. The surprise ...
Enhancing fuel cell performance with graphene
Exploiting the usage of 2 D crystals in methanol fuel cells
17-Jan-2017
Scientists from the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, in the University of Manchester have come up with a way to utilize 2D materials in an actual operating direct methanol fuel cell. They have shown that the addition of single layer graphene by Chemical vapour deposition, on ...
Tieing the tightest knot ever achieved
16-Jan-2017
Scientists at The University of Manchester have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known - a scientific achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials. The University of Manchester researchers, led by Professor David Leigh in ...
Improving nuclear waste recycling technologies
27-Dec-2016
Researchers from The University of Manchester have taken a major step forward by describing the quantitative modelling of the electronic structure of a family of uranium nitride compounds - a process that could in the future help with nuclear waste recycling technologies. "In this nuclear age, ...
