Graphene oxide coatings improve maize seedling growth, highlighting its role in enhancing root length and biomass for better nutrient absorption in agriculture.
Open call for papers – Materials developments in cancer therapeutics Submit your work to this Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science are pleased to welcome submissions to a themed collection on materials developments of cancer therapeutics to be promoted in Autumn 2025. Submissions deadline 29 April 2025 […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025 Feature your work in our materials or nanoscience collections Last year, we celebrated some of the amazing women in materials science and nanoscience with two collections highlighting recent work led by women around the world, published in our materials and nanoscience journal portfolios. These collections showcased the impact these leading […]
Most research and development (R&D) in the world is done not in universities or research institutes, but by businesses – big businesses can do more R&D than medium size countries. A useful snapshot of this world is provided by the 2024 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, which came out in December. The scoreboard lists the … Continue reading "The world of business R&D (and the UK’s place in that world)"