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The BionicBee is the smallest flying object of the Bionic Learning Network to date. For the first time, the developers used the methodology of generative design
Robotics & UAVs

Video of the week: BionicBee creates a buzz at Festo

JOLT Members With Volvo eHGV
Automotive

Decarbonising road freight gets JOLT from new project

Policy & business

Labour pledge to tackle four key barriers in UK energy transition

Globally, a record level of clean energy came online in the last year, including more than 560GW of new renewable power capacity
Energy & environment

BaroMar selects Jacobs for energy storage pilot

Batteries

Partnership aims to give second life to Nissan LEAF batteries

Energy & environment

First seven members join NG’s Great Grid Partnership

Policy & business

Belfast to host UK Digital Twin Centre of excellence

A biodegradable "living plastic" is made by combining thermoplastic polyurethane pellets (left) and Bacillus subtilis spores (right) that have been engineered to survive the high temperatures used to produce the plastic
Materials

Bacteria added to plastic to enhance biodegradability

Energy & environment

Plasma technique converts landfill methane to jet fuel

Medical & healthcare

Short electric pulses show promise for enhancing gene therapy

Nuclear

NPL and CERN collaboration looks to develop next-gen nuclear

Haiyan Wang (left), the Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering in Purdue University’s School of Materials Engineering, and graduate student Chao Shen work on a transmission electron microscope at Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
Materials

Ceramics made plastically deformable at room temperature