Disused mine shafts around the UK could soon be used as giant gravity batteries, capable of reacting to grid demands in under a second.
Purdue University researcher Joseph Irudayaraj has developed probes that can help locate tumours and might eventually be able to attack cancer cells.
New methods for recycling advanced composite materials could allow them to be re-used in non-critical parts of aircraft and cars.
Thousands of grounded aircraft could be transformed into potentially life-saving hyperbaric oxygen chambers to treat COVID-19 patients with airport departure lounges used as wards.
The UK’s deepest-diving autonomous undersea vehicle is helping to explore the sea floor for threats from tsunamis, earthquakes and landslides. Berenice Baker reports
A group of Texas A&M University researchers have developed a novel technique called SEnsing of Phage-Triggered Ion Cascade, or SEPTIC to rapidly detect and identify bacteria.
A robot used to position electrodes in human brains is working in Renishaw’s new Healthcare Centre of Excellence in Miskin, South Wales
The DigiStar 3 projector is helping the National Maritime Museum’s planetarium at Greenwich to give astronomy an even sharper focus. Stuart Nathan reports
Co-operation between industry and academia is key to the success of large-scale deployment of renewable energy, says David Clarke
Saab has announced that it has sold its shares in Saab Space, including its subsidiary Austrian Aerospace, to the Swiss company RUAG Holding for approximately £29m.
