Leaving Horizon would jeopardise research in Britain and the EU
British participation in a huge scientific-funding programme is threatened by the row over the Northern Ireland protocol
Kevin lam is a chemist at the University of Greenwich working to kill two birds with one stone. He hopes to develop chemical reactions that can produce hydrogen without any carbon emissions while creating by-products of value to other industries. That would increase the availability of a clean source of energy and simultaneously incentivise its production.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Science friction”
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