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Through collaboration, Queen Mary’s innovative research is driving progress to net zero, cutting emissions in healthcare and reducing energy consumption in transport and computing.

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Turning breakthrough science into net zero solutions

Queen Mary researchers are tackling emissions and waste at source, reimagining how we produce and use energy, materials and technology. From low-carbon hydrogen to ultra-efficient semiconductors and next-gen batteries, these innovations cut pollution, reduce resource use and speed progress to net zero.

Green membranes for drug development

Queen Mary researchers are developing ultra-thin membranes that cut emissions and reduce waste during medicine manufacturing chains.
Green membranes for drug development

Atom-thin semiconductors for lower-energy computing

Professor Sir Colin Humphreys and collaborators are developing semiconductors that could significantly reduce AI data centre energy use.
Atom-thin semiconductors for lower-energy computing

Neuromorphic computing for energy-efficient AI

Queen Mary plays a key role in a new multidisciplinary UK centre that is developing energy-efficient, brain-inspired computing for AI.
Neuromorphic computing for energy-efficient AI

Award-winning low-carbon hydrogen production

The collaborative HyPStore project was awarded the 2025 Composites UK Industry award for Innovation in Composite Materials.
Award-winning low-carbon hydrogen production

Cutting methane from gas-powered ships

Queen Mary academics have launched ‘Methanox’, a venture aimed at reducing methane emissions in shipping.
Cutting methane from gas-powered ships

Next-gen batteries for faster, longer-range electric vehicles

A new silicon-based electrode designed by Queen Mary researchers supports cheaper batteries for electric vehicles that charge faster.
Next-gen batteries for faster, longer-range electric vehicles

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Queen Mary driving real-world solutions 

Our academics are carrying out research that’s shaping responses to climate and technology challenges. Their work on methane regulation, atom-thin chips, self-tuning materials, and more, is informing public debate, policy development and speeding up real-world solutions.

Turning data centre waste heat into low-carbon heating

Queen Mary has partnered with Schneider Electric to reuse data centre waste heat for campus-wide heating, cutting emissions and energy costs. 
Turning data centre waste heat into low-carbon heating

Self-tuning film sets the stage for next generation wireless and radar

Our researchers created a self-tuning, thin-film material enabling more efficient wireless and radar devices.
Self-tuning film sets the stage for next generation wireless and radar

Path to stable, low-cost solar hydrogen production

This Nature Energy paper explains how Queen Mary's Dr Flurin Eisner developed organic photoactive layers.
Path to stable, low-cost solar hydrogen production

Edible, recyclable, biodegradable sensor films

Queen Mary research, led by Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou, has developed new sensor films capable of high-precision monitoring for health and environment.
Edible, recyclable, biodegradable sensor films

Starch nanocomposite films pave the way for green electronics

Queen Mary researchers developed nanocomposite films from potato starch, marking a significant advancement in the field of sustainable electronics.
Starch nanocomposite films pave the way for green electronics

Invisibility cloaks could soon be within reach of mere mortals

Professor Yang Hao explains to The Standard the technology which may make an invisibility cloak feasible.
Invisibility cloaks could soon be within reach of mere mortals
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