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In robotic assisted surgery, the surgeon can use different mechanisms to the give the robot the necessary feedback

Loughborough team develops real-time 3D vision technology for robotics and surgery

The 20-week pregnancy screening can be a worrying experience for expectant parents
Artificial Intelligence

Accurate and reliable AI speeds up sonography

This prototype of a lunar regolith processing system has been built using a BBQ wood pellet feeder on the left, a domestic microwave oven in the middle, and an auger on the right, with building sand used as a lunar regolith simulant
Space

SonoChem wins £150k Aqualunar Challenge for lunar water extraction

Space

Lightsail design could power interstellar travel

Steel manufacturing has been a major part of Scunthorpe's history for over 160 years
Policy & business

2,700 jobs at risk at Scunthorpe steel plant

Ants use the hairs on their jaws to sense objects and to mechanically stabilise their grasp over anything they are carrying
Robotics & UAVs

Ant mandibles could help robots get a better grip

elderly lady at a laptop illustrating how technology can help tackle dementia in the home
Medical & healthcare

UK project looks to tech to tackle dementia at home

Automotive

Automotive sector rattled by Trump tariffs

Electronics

Wales to see £250m investment into UK’s largest semiconductor facility

This robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer
Robotics & UAVs

Researchers develop gas powered 3D-printed robot

4D Health Tech aims to promote the use of innovative materials that degrade predictably and promote faster healing and combine this with expertise in automated design, advanced manufacturing processes and patient specific pre-clinical testing
Medical & healthcare

UK team to pioneer next-gen health tech for better patient outcomes

Aircraft flying over the North Atlantic are creating more longer-lived contrails
Aerospace

PACIFIC project to assess impact of non-CO2 emissions from aviation