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Formulations for health and sustainability

Delivering the next generation of advanced formulated products

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Technologies to reduce carbon emissions

Advancing alternative fuels and carbon capture and storage

Microplastics

Green plastics and sustainable fabrics

Reducing resource-intensity, increasing upcycling or recycling into new products of value

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Low cost, green energy technologies

Developing new materials for batteries, fuel cells and solar cells

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Waste as resource

Innovating for circular processes, products and materials

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Science and Engineering Research for Cultural Heritage

Connecting scientists and engineers with conservators and heritage professionals to find solutions to cultural heritage problems

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Future manufacturing systems

Advancing rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing

Smart surfaces to tackle microbes

Designing surfaces that combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance

Wearable technologies for health and wellbeing

Developing sensors and devices for clinical or point-of-care diagnostics

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