Researchers analysing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics, including MRSA. Antibiotic resistant superbugs could kill up to 1.3 million people in Europe by 2050, according to…
A Step Closer to Fusion Energy
Harnessing nuclear fusion, which powers the sun and stars, to help meet earth’s energy needs, is a step closer after researchers showed that using two types of imaging can help them assess the safety and reliability of parts used in a fusion energy device. Scientists from Swansea University, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, ITER in…
Taming Defects in Nanoporous Materials to Put Them to a Good Use
The word “defect” universally evokes some negative, undesirable feature, but researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University have a different opinion: in the realm of nanoporous materials, defects can be put to a good use, if one knows how to tame them. Metal Organic Frameworks A team led by Dr. Marco…
Lung Cancer Attacked by Nanoparticles Derived from Tea Leaves
Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, destroying up to 80 percent of them, new research by a joint Swansea University and Indian team has shown. The team made the discovery while they were testing out a new method of producing a type of nanoparticle called quantum dots. These are…
Scientists Discover Greener Way of Making Plastics
Carbon Nanotubes Devices May Have a Limit to How ‘Nano’ They Can Be
Carbon nanotubes bound for electronics not only need to be as clean as possible to maximize their utility in next-generation nanoscale devices, but contact effects may limit how small a nano device can be, according to researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University in collaboration with researchers at Rice University. ESRI…
A Closer Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
Physicists Develop New Quantum Simulation Protocol
Turning Homes into Power Stations Could Cut Household Fuel Bills by More Than 60%
Energy bills could be cut by more than 60% – saving the average household over £600 a year — if homes were designed to generate, store and release their own solar energy, a report published today has revealed. The concept has already been proven and is operating successfully on a building in Swansea: the UK’s…