

Critical materials
Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from lakes
Lithium can be harvested efficiently from brines thanks to an innovative membrane developed at Imperial.
Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from lakes
Lithium can be harvested efficiently from brines thanks to an innovative membrane developed at Imperial.
New spinout RemePhy to use plants to tackle worldwide soil contamination
A new spinout, RemePhy, aims to revolutionise the way we address soil contamination, one of the world’s most critical environmental challenges.
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Imperial hosts panel on the role of batteries in delivering clean power
Imperial Policy Forum hosted a panel on battery tech’s role in the UK’s clean power mission, uniting experts from government, industry, and academia.
Lixea plans commercial-scale demo plant and builds towards a greener world
Sustainable chemistry spinout Lixea is preparing to build a 25,000 tonne/year biomass processing plant producing commercial volumes of novel materials
Undergraduate students have research published in prestigious journal
Innovative research on soft matter engineering featured in Nano Letters.
Six things we learnt about environmental innovation at All You Can Innovate
Researchers and entrepreneurs shared hard-won lessons on bringing environmental solutions to market at an All You Can Innovate event last month.
IMSE Masters Scholarship Interview with Yea Eun Moon
Yea Eun Moon, the Dr Theo George Wilson scholarship recipient shares her thoughts on her journey so far on the MRes in Molecular Engineering course.
Fine-tuning ion exchange membranes for better energy storage
Nano-scale changes in structure can help optimise ion exchange membranes for use in devices such as flow batteries.
Get to know the 2024-2025 Molecular Engineering Masters student!
We asked our current MRes cohort to introduce themselves in just a couple of sentences following a science communication lecture.
Imperial convenes major economic growth conference in White City
The inaugural conference for Imperial’s Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance (CSEP) took place at the White City Deep Tech campus this week.