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Prime rocket
Aerospace

Scottish space launch gets £20m cash boost

Device prototype with thermal camera
Electronics

New electronic tag could challenge single-use RFID tags

Dr Jose Norambuena-Contreras with a sample of self-healing road
Materials

Self-healing asphalt could solve UK pothole challenge

GDF under the sea
Nuclear

Areas of Focus identified in GDF effort

Polar bears have black skin. The polar bear’s fur is also translucent, and only appears white because it reflects visible light
Materials

Polar bear fur could be key to advances in anti-icing solutions

Civil & structural

UK infrastructure ‘not as safe as public thinks’ - ICE report

The clinic where the experiments took place consisted of a large central waiting room (154m3, split into A and B for the purpose of the study), eight surrounding consulting rooms and a nurses’ station (all approximately 35m3). The clinic was connected via a permanently open passageway to a corridor leading to the rest of the hospital. Experiments took place at night and weekends when no staff or patients were present
Medical & healthcare

Hospital ventilation could cause viruses to spread

The Greatest Gathering launch
Rail & marine

Alstom to host The Greatest Gathering

The government supports a third runway at Heathrow and is inviting proposals to be brought forward by the summer
Aerospace

Chancellor backs third runway at Heathrow

Batteries

Licovolt teams up with PBT on battery recycling

The team has found a new way to use diamond as the basis of a transistor that remains switched off by default
Materials

Research advances diamond transistors for high-power applications

Report calls for government-based funding for digital transformation
Manufacturing

West Yorkshire manufacturers missing out on productivity boost - report