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Manufacturing

Hitachi opens new UK train factory

July 1877 – The Anti sea-sickness couch

Jan 1856 – The Horse Tank

Defence & security

February 1896 - The gun bike

April 1857 – the garrotte-proof cravat

Automotive

Nissan to invest £100m in Sunderland plant

Medical & healthcare

'Velcro-like' scaffold holds promise for artificial heart grafts

Rail & marine

March 1856 - The hand-powered submarine

Electronics

Low cost LED can be ‘applied like paint’

Policy & business

What does 'the great fall of China' mean for British industry?

Medical & healthcare

Open Bionics wins UK leg of Dyson award

Manufacturing

UK breakthrough promises to unlock potential of dozens of atomically-thin materials