Health
As part of Small Business Saturday, Pavegen Systems, a British technology firm, installed a power generating pavement in Brighton on a popular independent high street to promote the UK’s small independent ships.
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Automotive & TransportOpportunities
The Midlands Engine prospectus – the first of its kind in the country - is the result of a joint plan between 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships, which hopes to: boost…
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Electronics & Communications
A new digital navigation system for the visually impaired is being trialed at Euston underground station.
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HealthBreakthroughs
Successful trials of a new drug combination to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) saw treatment time halved and fewer side effects.
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Health
Many encryption methods rely on security by generating large, random numbers to act as keys to encrypt or decipher information.
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Automotive & Transport
A team of international scientists have engineered a new hybrid structure that they claim possess characteristics not found in natural materials.
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ManufacturingBreakthroughs
A graphene based microphone, which is almost 32 times more sensitive than those of standard nickel construction, has been developed by scientists in Serbia.
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Manufacturing
Mechatronic systems and electric motors specialist, Brose, has recruited 300 new people to work on the company’s new £35m factory in Coventry.
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Researchers at Imperial College London have made advances in software which has the potential to reduce aircraft engine turbulence and noise pollution.
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Health
A team at NASA’s Ames Research Centre, lead by Lynn Rothschild, have been looking at finding appealing ways to make food in space.
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Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
One of the world’s most efficient farming robots has been developed by Deepfield Robotics, a startup owned by Bosch.
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Automotive & Transport
The 2015 Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) innovation award has been given to the Low-carbon Urban Transport Zone Pathfinder project, which aims to bring two-seater automated, driverless pods to the UK.
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A student from University College London has discovered what causes chocolate’s behavior in a chocolate fountain.
SpaceBreakthroughs
Blue Origin, the private space company owned by Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, successfully completed the test flight of its New Shepherd space vehicle, which flew to over 100km and then successfully landed vertically at is West Texas base.
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Energy & Environment
Researchers at Concordia University in Quebec have developed a power cell that is able to harness the electrical energy produced from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
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Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
Manufacturers have welcomed measures announced in the Government’s Autumn Statement, with investment in infrastructure, energy research and plans to amend the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) all gaining industry support.
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Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has welcomed the announcement made by Chancellor George Osborne in the Autumn Statement that the Government would be protecting the UK’s science budget in real terms.
Health
Using genetic technology, scientists have managed to create a malaria-free mosquito that could potentially eradicate malaria.
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ManufacturingOpportunities
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced that two manufacturing research hubs which will each receive £10 million.
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Energy & Environment
Taking inspirations from swimming insects, Bristol Robotics Laboratory has developed a robot that is powered by dirty water.
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Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
According to a new report, DONG Energy will invest £6 billion in the Humber region over the period of 2013-2019.
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