Robot-built solar satellites poised to beam constant power from space
THE UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) has shown that remotely operated robots could build gigawatt-...
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University of Surrey researchers develop ‘breathing’ batteries
SCIENTISTS at the University of Surrey have developed “breathing” batteries that use novel cataly...
BioNTech to invest £1bn in UK life sciences
VACCINE pioneer BioNTech has agreed to invest up to £1bn (US$1.3bn) in the UK where it will build...
Space mirrors and volcano drones: £56m awarded for geoengineering experiments
SCIENTISTS have been awarded more than £56m (US$74m) in funding by the UK’s moonshot innovation a...
Fake lily pads could be second Sun for lithium manufacturers
A TRIAL to boost critical minerals production has shown that fake plastic lily pads could be a se...
Liquid air could be cheapest method for long-term energy storage, researchers predict
MODELLING by chemical engineers in the US and Norway suggests that liquid air energy storage (LAE...
UK’s first wastewater-based system to detect infectious disease outbreaks opens in Bath
A NEW research centre in Bath, UK is aiming to develop the country’s first nationwide early-warni...
UKAEA awards £3.5m to develop the sensors engineers need to operate fusion plants
TECHNOLOGISTS developing sensors to withstand the extreme conditions inside a fusion reactor – pr...
‘Non-stick’ coating boosts CO2 electrolysis run-time, paving the way for scalable green fuel production
RESEARCHERS in the US have discovered that applying a “non-stick” coating to electrodes used in C...
Elsevier launches new AI service designed to speed up R&D
ICHEME’s journals publisher Elsevier has launched a new AI tool to help engineers extract, summar...
Engineers say artificial reefs could filter microplastics from the sea
WHAT if we could build artificial coral reefs to filter microplastics from the sea? That’s a poss...
Monash team enlists AI to rapidly identify microplastics in step towards real-time environmental analysis
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE could one day help us clean up microplastics after researchers at Monash ...
Concrete may last longer in nuclear power plants than previously thought, Japanese researchers claim
RESEARCHERS at the University of Tokyo have found that concrete could be more resilient to neutro...
The UK engineers working to kickstart the hydrogen economy
Engineers across the UK are researching hydrogen’s role in decarbonising industry, exploring ammo...
US-developed drug formulation could eliminate cold storage for vaccines
RESEARCHERS at Pennsylvania State University have developed a new type of formulation for pro...
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