Automotive & Transport
TVR, Gordon Murray Design and Cosworth create new British car
TVR has developed a British-made sports car with Gordon Murray Design and Cosworth, featuring a rear wheel drive and V8 engine.
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Automotive & TransportOpportunities
F1 in Schools programme
Boeing President Sir Michael Arthur recently addressed the UK’s skill shortage in his keynote speech at the STEMtech conference last month.
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Chemicals
IChemE appoints former Shell executive as new President
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has appointed Dr Andrew Jamieson OBE as its 75th president.
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Energy & Environment
Solar flight grounded in Japan after bad weather conditions
Solar Impulse, the plane which solely runs on solar power, has run in difficulties on the trans-Pacific leg of its global journey.
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Energy & Environment
"Designer carbon" to boost productivity of batteries
Researchers at the University of Stamford have produced a new carbon material which could be a significant improvement on the traditional activated carbon currently used in energy devices.
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Best of British engineers head to Brazil for "Skills Olympics"
An elite group of 13 British engineers will be heading from Birmingham to Sao Paulo to take part in the WorldSkills Final - competing with competitors from 80 nations and in front of an audience of 100,000 spectators and media.
Energy & Environment
Launch of Global Apollo Programme to phase out coal
A new research initiative, which is backed by a number of prominent scientists and academics, has been set up with the aim of making renewable energy cheaper than coal within 10 years.
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Electronics & Communications
Intelligent handheld robots developed by Bristol University
Two members of Bristol University’s Department of Computer Science, Dr Walterio Mayol-Cuevas and PhD student Austin Gregg-Smith, have been developing intelligent robot prototypes that can ‘know and act’ - differentiating…
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Automotive & Transport
Device invented to enable bed sheets to monitor sleep
Mexican researcher Paulino Vacas Jacques has invented a device to help monitor patients with sleep disorders and depression.
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Health
Professor Richard Folkestone appointed President of IMechE
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has elected its 130th President, Professor Richard Folkestone.
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Health
The Royal Academy of Engineering awards seven Research Fellowships
The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded a RAEng / Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship to seven researchers, to facilitate the development of new technologies.
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Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
Sir Ian Wood to donate to Robert Gordon University
Retired Wood Group chief executive and well-known industry figure Sir Ian Wood will donate £4.5 million to the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, to help the university in becoming a “world-class centre of excellence” in oil and gas research.
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Automotive & Transport
Virgin Galactic makes progress on spacecraft
Virgin Galactic are making progress towards their new spacecraft, six months after the fatal crash of the VSS Enterprise.
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Space
NASA awards Boeing commercial space contract
NASA has recently awarded Boeing a $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract that would allow commercial passengers to be taken into space.
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Opportunities
New report warns of PhD studentship culture
A new report, joint-published by Institute of Physics and Royal Astronomical Society, has warned that the culture around studying for a PhD must change in order to better prepare students for working life after a doctorate.
Energy & Environment
New proposal suggests storing hydrogen could help meet UK's future power needs
A new report by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), titled Hydrogen – The role of hydrogen storage in a clean responsive power system, proposes that by storing hydrogen in salt…
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Automotive & Transport
Scientists test new electrode implants that enable movement for quadriplegics
Researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC) and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center have used electrode implants to enable a quadriplegic to use…
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing industry calls for early UK referendum on EU
EEF, the UK manufacturing trade body, has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU at the earliest possible moment.
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Electronics & Communications
British designer promoted to chief design officer at Apple
Jony Ive, who was previously senior vice president of design at the technology company, has been promoted to his new role as chief design officer today.
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Construction & InfrastructureOpportunities
Students take part in physics and football
Football club Arsenal played host to four schools at the Emirates Stadium as part of an eight week programme aimed at to engage students with science by applying it to football.
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Energy & Environment
Ferrybridge power station to be closed in 2016
SSE has announced the closure of coal-fired power plant Ferrybridge for March next year. The plant is forecasted to lose £100m over the next five years, with the UK looking…
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