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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

Energy & environment

UK innovators must seize the opportunity of clean technology for a net zero future

McMurtry Speirling PURE
Batteries

About:Energy tasked with McMurtry battery challenge

Ionoptika's J105 machine
Materials

World first facility to offer unprecedented insights into materials

The thermoplastic polymer printer is designed to print large parts
Additive Manufacturing

UMaine breaks record for world’s largest polymer 3D printer

Aerospace

Six Airlander aircraft proposed for rural Scotland  

The NTU team designed shape-memory polymers, which are smart materials that can ‘remember’ their previous forms, in the form of hair-like fibrils which they found in their testing to provide maximum adhesive strength
Materials

Reusable adhesive could let people ‘climb walls like Spider-Man’