TU Wien / Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Chemical Engineers Invent Long-Term Energy Storage

Title:

Chemical Engineers Invent Long-Term Energy Storage 

 

Author/Contact:

Prof Franz Winter, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

 

Published:

TU Wien / Vienna University of Technology, 9 May 2022

https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/tu-wien-erfindet-chemischen-waermespeicher

 

From the news article:

A chemical reactor has been invented that can store energy without loss for months. The energy can then be used for heating in winter.

 

University of Glasgow, UK - Robot chemist offers insight into the origins of life [Phys. org, 10 June 2021]

Title:

Robot chemist offers insight into the origins of life

 

By:

University of Glasgow

 

Published:

Phys.org, 10 June 2021

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-robot-chemist-insight-life.html

 

From the article:

A team of chemists from the University of Glasgow developed the robot, which uses a machine-learning algorithm to make decisions about which chemicals from a selection of 18 to combine in a reactor, and how to set conditions under which the reaction occurs. The robot is capable of running the experiments on its own, with minimal human supervision.  

 

The process aims to provide new insight into how Earth's complex organic life developed from its simple, non-living chemical origins by allowing the machine to run experiments over the course of several weeks.

 

Also see

 

Asche, S., Cooper, G.J.T., Keenan, G. et al. A robotic prebiotic chemist probes long term reactions of complexifying mixtures. Nat Commun 12, 3547 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23828-z