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The Rolls-Royce Micro-Reactor could enable many space operations, including propulsion for satellites
Space

Rolls-Royce awarded funding for nuclear Micro-Reactor

Integrals Power's cathode materials
Batteries

Production starts at high-performance cathode pilot plant

Energy & environment

Climate action must ‘significantly ramp up’ – CCC report

Brittle materials including silicon glass, plastics and lithium niobate can be with fabricated with the new patented micromilling method
Manufacturing

Microbritt secures patent for method of machining brittle materials

Batteries

Solid state battery breakthrough from pan-Asian team 

The Oxford Dynamics AI-powered robot
Robotics & UAVs

UK start-up receives £1m for AI robot development

Medical & healthcare

Brain circuits selectively activated with nano-MIND

Energy & environment

UK on track to import record levels of electricity

Energy & environment

UK ranked highly for water technology innovation – EPO report

The multirotor drone can carry payloads of up to 6kg
Aerospace

Royal Mail trialling post by drone in Argyll and Bute

Timelines remain on track for fusion in the 2030s
Nuclear

Private fusion attracting investment and boosting jobs - report

A smartphone records the Raman spectrum of an unknown material (an ethanol solution, in this case) for further analysis
Electronics

Technologies combined into portable spectrometer to rapidly detect harmful materials