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Electronics

KAUST spinout will extract lithium from seawater

An international team of researchers has developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids
Materials

Elastic material is impervious to gases and liquids

Prototypes designed and built at University of Toronto Engineering contain several layers of channels, each of which contain fluids with various optical properties. By pumping the fluids in and out of the channels, the system can optimise the type, quantity and distribution of light passing through
Energy & environment

Microfluidic system cuts energy costs for buildings

Manufacturing

Industry giants target flue gases for sustainable chemicals

Two RoboSalps swimming together
Robotics & UAVs

RoboSalps marine bot can operate in extra-terrestrial oceans

Energy & environment

IDRIC funding awarded to decarbonise industry

Automotive

UK consortium for autonomous hydrogen HGV

Automotive

Sunderland cashes in on autonomous project funding

Energy & environment

EVOLVE project shows 70GW of untapped European marine power

TIBI scientists have developed a cryofreezing method to create an aerogel substrate layer that is flexible, breathable, ultralight, and moisture/air-permeable; these qualities are due to its highly uniform and interconnected pores and their potential for three-dimensional capillary action. Inset: scanning electron microscope image of the patch’s porous surface. The substrate’s enhanced capabilities also enable the ability to screen-print integrated multifunctional sensors directly onto the substrate surface
Materials

TIBI E-skin patch provides advanced healthcare monitoring

The pre-heat ladle at the MPI's Normanton Plant
Energy & environment

Steel sludge could be tapped for low carbon hydrogen

A flexible textile supercapacitor patch, created by Drexel University researchers, can power a microcontroller and wirelessly transmit temperature data for nearly two hours without a recharge
Energy & environment

Flexible supercapacitor patch adds power to textile wearables