Staggering breakthroughs yet to be made
Many of the major scientific breakthroughs over recent centuries have been down to chemistry but where will the science be tomorrow? What challenges remain? We dusted off our crystal ball to predict where some of...
Chemistry for an urban world
More than three billion additional city-dwellers are expected to emerge in the next 40 years, driving up demand for a whole range of resources.
To manage natural resources and cope with demand, cities will have...
Improving on nature
Photosynthesis may be a marvel of Nature but it is actually a relatively inefficient process, usually capturing only about five per cent of available energy.
Scientists have long sought ways to increase the efficiency of...
Looking good
Away from the dire challenges of population, climate change and health, chemical companies have also played a key rule in the next generation of clothing.
The industry has consistently come up with products such as...
Chemistry’s key role in health
Chemistry will play an increasingly major role in managing health, particularly as populations live longer.
The challenge is staggering. It is projected that, by 2020, the USA alone will spend 685 billion USD per year...
On the right road
One of chemistry’s big challenges is the potential for increasing fuel efficiency in the transport, particularly for internal combustion engines.
Although there is much talk about alternative fuel sources, it likely that 75% of all...
Asset management in the Chemical Industry
1. Introduction
Many of the high hazard chemical plants in the UK have been in operation for 30 to 40 years. The original design life of the facility has now been, or is about to...
The STEM subject
Talk to anyone in the scientific world and they will tell you that one of their major concerns is the dearth of young people coming out of schools, colleges and universities having studied science...
Bridging the skills gap
Work is also under way to tackle one of the key problems affecting the science-based industries of the world, the skills gap which has opened up in recent years.
The problem is caused by the...
Looking to the heavens
More remains to be done, though, and one of the solutions may be out of this world - literally.
Science Education researchers at University of York are working with leading space scientist and The...