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News

NPL's optical stabilising reference cavity was developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) and is designed to lock laser frequency for future high-precision space instruments. The cavity acts like a tuning fork and prevents a laser from drifting.
Communications

NPL working with ESA to SWAP all the clocks

Aerospace

Airbus Helicopters’ Racer takes first flight

Capacitors with stratified 2D nanofillers embedded in the polymer matrix
Energy & environment

High-energy-density capacitor promises multiple applications

An ivory object, assumed to be of Asian elephant origin, under the microscope inside a Renishaw in via Raman microspectrometer
Materials

Raman spectroscopy differentiates legal and illegal ivory

Rail & marine

Poll: Should the UK’s railways be renationalised?

Sensors

Gas-sensing detector gets measure of toxic gasses

Software

VR gamers can experience ‘ludicrous speed’ without motion sickness

Medical & healthcare

AI-generated medical responses need monitoring, study finds

Batteries

IEA report claims batteries are ‘changing the game’

Nuclear

Contracts awarded for management of asbestos waste at nuclear sites

Sensors

Surrey sensors to aid study of stellar creation  

Renewables

KTU propose new method for wind turbine blade recycling