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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

Artificial Intelligence

New research reveals people prefer AI to make decisions

The Mk-II will take off horizontally, fly a parabolic trajectory at Mach 3+, and glide back to a horizontal landing at the originating site or downrange
Aerospace

Rocket powered UAV certified for speed

Energy & environment

Fashion industry leaks millions of tonnes of plastic into the environment each year

Students working with the mobile optical communications network TeraNet 3
Communications

Captured laser signals promise boost for comms from space