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Can static electricity make chemistry more efficient – and greener?

Can static electricity make chemistry more efficient – and greener?

12 August 2020

Making medicines and complex materials is messy and wasteful. Using electric fields as catalysts could make chemistry far cleaner

Can batteries transport us to a greener future?

Can batteries transport us to a greener future?

1 February 2019

Smart battery technology and could soon banish dirty vehicles from our roads, seas and skies, argues engineer David Greenwood.

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