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Air, water and sun: the ingredients of ‘green gasoline’

14 Oct 2013

Mimicking a natural process perfected over billions of years to capture solar energy, researchers are creating artificial photosynthetic systems that...

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Ceaseless traffic

Keep on trucking

15 Feb 2013

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...

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Nuclear damage

Into eternity: the nuclear waste challenge

01 Jun 2012

How can we make nuclear waste safe for millennia? Fundamental research led by the University of Cambridge will help find the answers.

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