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Jon Excell

Process recycles packaging “peanuts” into battery components

Aerospace

UK team eyes solar-powered airship potential

Toolmaking

Ten organisations looking for graduate engineers right now

Materials

Coating breakthrough holds promise for gold nanorod applications

Coal, oil & gas

Underwater robot holds promise for oil-spill clean-up operations

Sensors

To the rescue: a beetle in a backpack

Automotive

UK's first supermarket hydrogen filling station opens

Electronics

Light source could be used to make chip-scale gas sensors

Materials

Scientists take step towards artificial leaves

Medical & healthcare

US bioengineers create heart-on-a-chip

Automotive

Commons transport committee sounds warning on driverless cars

Manufacturing

Auto industry shows appetite for change