A QinetiQ-led consortium has been awarded £2 million by SEEDA to develop a range of nanomaterials to fight a broad spectrum of viruses.
The nervous system of octopuses has inspired the development of a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by sensing its environment.
Urenco is leaving the U-Battery project having ‘exhausted attempts to secure the commitment of new commercial investors.’
A stretchable optical lace material developed at Cornell University could enable soft robots to sense how they interact with their environment and adjust their actions.
Researchers are using fibres from fishing line and sewing thread to create inexpensive artificial muscles that could be used in medical devices, humanoid robots, prosthetic limbs, or woven into...
Remote sensing techniques are to help survey the habitats of endangered chimpanzees in the Republic of the Congo.
Scientists in the US have simplified the manufacture of solar cells using the top electrode as the catalyst that turns plain silicon into valuable black silicon.
UK company develops cost-effective way to individually measure and visualise all nanoparticles within product samples in real-time. Siobhan Wagner reports.
