as the UK receives Andy Burnham into No. 10 Downing Street (the country’s 4th Prime Minister in the last four years), one of the standout aspects of the PM’s strategy to revitalize Britannia’s economy, is the intended decentralization of power from Whitehall to the rest of Britain, which, will be a shot in the arm, if the PM’s bold re-industrialization roadmap can be stiched into a coherent set of policies.
when coupled with the country’s intention to restart drilling and exploration of North Sea fossil oil and gas resources as the quickest way to bring down energy prices and widespread inflation, one of the biggest potential winner will be in next generation CO2 capture, sequestration and storage technologies.
some 20 odd years ago, the University of Manchester introduced to the world, graphene, developed by Prof Konstantin Novoselov and Prof Andre Geim (born in the former Soviet Union, in case anyone is curious), both of whom then went on to win the Nobel Prize for this innovation.
since then, graphene’s industrial applicability has grown from simple fuel cell and battery anodes, to graphene’s high selectivity to capture CO2 (this is due to its electrical conductivity, very interesting read below…), to recent game-changing discovery of graphene’s ability to hold different states of superconductivity (which makes quantum processors operate at higher temperatures which is a very awesome thing).
PM Burnham’s re-industrialization policy, seems to be defense-themed, a direct nod towards making the UK a reliable friend and partner to Europe’s long term plan for expanding its trade links, capability resilience and supra-national defense innovation & manufacturing base.
Will the House of Lords opine in the direction of Great Britain, for there is little time to concur bills and laws urgently needed in perilous times such as now?
Will the House of Commons be unified with common purpose behind Burnham’s bold vision?
Can the UK stick to the plan?
How the UK gave the world graphene >
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgng2d5nn4o
Graphene’s amazing ability to seek out CO2 >
https://pubs.rsc.org/tc/article-abstract/doi/10.1039/d6tc01260d/1278702/Graphene-nanomaterials-next-generation-tools-for
Game-changing multiple states of superconductivity for this boring black material > https://news.mit.edu/2026/graphene-can-hold-multiple-states-of-superconductivity-0629
PM Burnham’s reindustrialization policy > https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/briefing-burnham-reindustrialisation-and-industrial-policy/
when coupled with the country’s intention to restart drilling and exploration of North Sea fossil oil and gas resources as the quickest way to bring down energy prices and widespread inflation, one of the biggest potential winner will be in next generation CO2 capture, sequestration and storage technologies.
some 20 odd years ago, the University of Manchester introduced to the world, graphene, developed by Prof Konstantin Novoselov and Prof Andre Geim (born in the former Soviet Union, in case anyone is curious), both of whom then went on to win the Nobel Prize for this innovation.
since then, graphene’s industrial applicability has grown from simple fuel cell and battery anodes, to graphene’s high selectivity to capture CO2 (this is due to its electrical conductivity, very interesting read below…), to recent game-changing discovery of graphene’s ability to hold different states of superconductivity (which makes quantum processors operate at higher temperatures which is a very awesome thing).
PM Burnham’s re-industrialization policy, seems to be defense-themed, a direct nod towards making the UK a reliable friend and partner to Europe’s long term plan for expanding its trade links, capability resilience and supra-national defense innovation & manufacturing base.
Will the House of Lords opine in the direction of Great Britain, for there is little time to concur bills and laws urgently needed in perilous times such as now?
Will the House of Commons be unified with common purpose behind Burnham’s bold vision?
Can the UK stick to the plan?
How the UK gave the world graphene >
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgng2d5nn4o
Graphene’s amazing ability to seek out CO2 >
https://pubs.rsc.org/tc/article-abstract/doi/10.1039/d6tc01260d/1278702/Graphene-nanomaterials-next-generation-tools-for
Game-changing multiple states of superconductivity for this boring black material > https://news.mit.edu/2026/graphene-can-hold-multiple-states-of-superconductivity-0629
PM Burnham’s reindustrialization policy > https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/briefing-burnham-reindustrialisation-and-industrial-policy/