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PhD candidate Zahra Rahemtulla with the prototype over sock
Electronics

E-textile smart sock can alert older people to the risk of falls

An ultra-thin coating of zinc oxide nanocrystals can be sprayed onto flexible substrates, such as plastic, that are resilient to flexing and bending
Materials

Zinc oxide nanomaterial shows promise as spray-on electronic component

Nuclear

New study on borehole disposal for nuclear waste

Stena Bulk’s Stena Impero
Energy & environment

Project set to instal and test carbon capture and storage on oil tanker

Medical & healthcare

Wearable detects and monitors muscle atrophy

Medical & healthcare

Technique lights up tumours for more accurate surgery

Mock-up of the main vessels of U-Battery’s advanced modular reactor (AMR). U-Battery is a high-temperature gas-cooled AMR, which can be deployed quickly to provide a scaleable output of 10MW thermal, of which up to 4MW could be delivered as electricity
Energy & environment

Urenco leaves U-Battery modular reactor project

Energy & environment

Indonesia to develop small modular reactor capability

Energy & environment

National Grid eyes e-field drone inspection for pylons

The original Airlander in the skies above its former base at Cardington, Bedfordshire. Image: Hybrid Air Vehicles
Aerospace

South Yorkshire invests in Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander 10 production project

Energy & environment

Green hydrogen production pilot for North Sea

Policy & business

Mergers and acquisitions activity points to UK manufacturing resilience