We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now ...

Join us live for a two-part interactive workshop and explore how modern data visualisation and exploratory data analysis (EDA) support rigorous, insight-driven scientific work. As scientific data ...

As the US–Israel war on Iran escalates, so too does the global oil crisis. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas flows, and the ...

Early STEM engagement can help tackle the UK engineering skills shortage and inspire future manufacturing talent.

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...

Designing for photo‑chemical etching (PCE) is not just about making an existing metal part a bit thinner or a bit cheaper.

Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from used plastic bottles - Researchers said the breakthrough could lead to a ‘bio-upcycling industry’ that uses waste materials to make things like flavourings and ...

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...

In the early 20th century, engineer Thomas Midgley Jr. helped create two innovations that would transform modern life—and later become some of the most damaging environmental mistakes in history. His ...

A UK-based start-up, co-founded by Monash University PhD graduate Dr Rajan Lakshman, has secured £150,000 in seed funding from Carbon13 Ventures to ...

Clean hydrogen firm Tulum Energy (Mexico) has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to ...