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Modern gas turbine design is beginning to incorporate next-generation ceramic matrix composite materials to meet escalating performance requirements.

Promoted content: Expanding the outer reaches  of material performance

The award is presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured) and the MacRobert Trust

Entries open for MacRobert Award 2025

Moon (Image by Ponciano from Pixabay)

ispace and Magna Petra set sights on Moon helium

The GPE-TENG can stretch up to 375 per cent of its original size

Triboelectric nanogenerator shows promise for wearables

The winding Sani Pass dirt road between South Africa and Lesotho

Project targets better road construction in South Africa

Research team leader Assoc. Prof Ben Tee (right) with Dr Fu Xuemei (middle) and Dr Wan Guanxiang (left)

Self-healing SHINE fibre shows promise for robotics and wearables

Comment: The next generation of nuclear science

Carbon-14 diamond battery could work ‘forever’

Plastics treaty talks end without agreement

A thermal storage model has been developed allowing the prediction of energy storage at a 30-minute frequency

Phase change materials promise boost for decarbonised heat

An NMC532 cathode produced using Altilium’s recycled materials could be up to 74 per cent lower in climate change impact compared to using primary mined materials from a Chinese supply chain

UK first for lithium-ion battery waste

NbR can be used by plastics manufacturers with little or no extra cost

Natural biodegradable resin launched for plastics industry