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World’s first zero-emissions cement developed in Cambridge

World’s first zero-emissions cement developed in Cambridge

Three Cambridge engineers, Dr Cyrille Dunant, Dr Pippa Horton and Professor Julian Allwood, have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention.

TFI Network+ announces funding for 10 new research projects in digitalisation and sustainability

TFI Network+ announces funding for 10 new research projects in digitalisation and sustainability

UKRI-ISCF Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ awards over £400,000 to 5 digitalisation themed research projects and 5 Early Career Researcher projects boosting sustainability and innovation in the Foundation Industries 

Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ goes international with Portuguese ceramics workshop

Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ goes international with Portuguese ceramics workshop

On the 13th April 2022, Professor Ian Reaney, director of Transforming Foundation Industries Network+, gave the Keynote lecture for a workshop discussing energy and resource efficiency in the Ceramics sector in Portugal.

If we can farm metal from plants, what else can we learn from life on Earth?

If we can farm metal from plants, what else can we learn from life on Earth?

There is so much intelligence on this planet other than ours. Realising that will be key to adapting to climate breakdown

TFI Network+ Director reflects on the first year of the Network

TFI Network+ Director reflects on the first year of the Network

The need for innovation and transformation has never been more significant in the Foundation Industries. COP26 highlighted the critical juncture we are at as a species in the fight against global warming and climate change. The looming rise in the…

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