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Team aims for better vision control on robotic 'walkers'

16 May 2012 | By Stephen Harris

New research could speed up the development of robotic vehicles that walk on legs by enabling them to see where they’re going.

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Researchers seek to improve design of hypersonic engines Video

16 May 2012

Stanford University researchers are hoping to improve the design of hypersonic aircraft engines by running simulations on thousands of computers at once.

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Light-sensitive photodetector uses graphene for efficiency

16 May 2012

Spanish scientists have created what may be the most light-sensitive photodetector tested to date.

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Receivers could promote more widespread wireless recharging

16 May 2012

Wireless recharging of electrical devices could become more widespread thanks to an improvement in wireless power-transfer receivers.

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Supacat provides rescue remedy

14 May 2012 | By Stephen Harris

The design of an innovative lifeboat launcher presented a series of unusual challenges.

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Averting a deep-sea disaster

13 May 2012 | By Stuart Nathan

Oil and gas engineers are developing automated blowout preventers that could help avoid a repeat of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster

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Power generation is a 'risky' business

14 May 2012 | By Jon Excell

As much of the world scales back on its nuclear ambitions the risks associated with other sources of generation will only become more pronounced

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Graham Hawkes, founder and chief engineer of Hawkes Ocean Technologies

13 May 2012 | By Stephen Harris

Winged submersible specialist Graham Hawkes has set his sights on making undersea exploration more affordable.

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Is Chinese manufacturing heading for a crisis?

14 May 2012 | By The Secret Engineer

China has built its economy on cheap labour, but with it’s middle-class growing rapidly, how much longer can this last? From “somewhere in England” the Secret Engineer ponders the future of the dragon economy

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Science minister David Willetts on the importance of STEM subjects

3 Apr 2012

Getting young people interested in STEM careers is a priority for government, says the minister for universities and science

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Claims that EPSRC - the UK’s main funding body for scientific research - is favouring projects with obvious economic potential and neglecting pure science have reignited the debate on where science funding should be concentrated. What do you think about the government’s current funding priorities?

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