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Manufacturing

ETG targets skills gap with £6m investment in Technical Academies

Optical coating provides indication of concrete stress

3D printing moves towards the mass market

Neutron beam adds focus for better welds

Soft artificial heart completes initial trials in Swiss project

View from the Academy: making digitalisation a priority

Ion thrusters that self-assemble from fuel have promise for small spacecraft

Liberty to acquire Tata pipe mills in Hartlepool

UK team spins strong and stretchy synthetic spider silk

The U-Battery plant occupies about the same area as the penalty area on a football pitch

Interview: Steve Threlfall, general manager, U-Battery

Additive manufacturing and robotics combine for freedom

Spider robots on the move for additive manufacturing