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Quantum satellite communications to be developed by the TeQuantS project
Aerospace

Thales Alenia Space to lead space-to-Earth quantum comms technologies project

Energy & environment

Companies falling short on climate pledges, survey finds

Automotive

Driver seat ‘avatar’ could improve F1 racing seats

Haemostatic microneedle technology can be applied like a typical adhesive bandage to quickly stop bleeding
Medical & healthcare

Microneedle patch quickly puts a stop to haemorrhaging

Artist's impression of EMEC test site (not to scale)
Energy & environment

EMEC eyes 100MW floating wind demonstrator

Researchers have built a six-legged soft robot that incorporates a new system of fluid-driven actuators to achieve more complex motions with greater control
Robotics & UAVs

Soft robots given more agility

A Yellow blaze African cichlid
Robotics & UAVs

Sensory organ of fish could help development of pressure sensor for underwater robots

Mechanical science and engineering professor Sameh Tawfick led a new study introducing click beetle-sized robots small enough to fit into tight spaces, powerful enough to manoeuvre over obstacles and fast enough to match an insect’s rapid escape time
Robotics & UAVs

Click beetle inspires jumping robots for machinery and crop inspection

Energy & environment

Closed loop steelmaking could cut emissions by 90 per cent

Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses vortex ultrasound – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more quickly than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST
Medical & healthcare

Vortex ultrasound breaks down blood clots

The first charging corridor for medium and heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe has been announced by bp pulse
Automotive

Charging corridor for electric trucks opened on European freight route

The vertical electrochemical transistor is based on a new kind of electronic polymer and a vertical, instead of planar, architecture
Wearable Technology

Vertical electrochemical transistor shows biomedical sensing potential