2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (620+ words) Engineers harness the power of fungi to break down engineered wood products and create bio-composites with insulating properties. A common fungus can break down hard-to-recycle construction waste and turn it into sustainable insulation that rivals traditional and petrochemical-based options, according…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (548+ words) Bath researchers have developed a renewable membrane to capture toxic PFOA pollutants, paving the way for scalable, sustainable water treatment technologies. Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently capturing toxic "forever…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (393+ words) An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath has developed a new catalyst " a substance that speeds up chemical reactions " that uses sunlight to break down so-called "forever chemicals" prevalent in the environment and known to accumulate…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (176+ words) Professor Tony D. James has been elected in recognition of his internationally leading contributions to supramolecular chemistry and chemical sensing. Professor Tony D. James, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bath, has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (341+ words) Molecular 'reshuffle' could be a game-changer for fine chemical processes used in wide applications from drug manufacture to advanced materials. New research from the University of Bath and the University of St Andrews, published in Nature Chemistry, has discovered the…...