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Professor Hamdi Torun pictured holding the contact lens
Medical & healthcare

Contact lens detects signs of glaucoma

Electronics

Oxford team develops hedgehog test for robot lawnmowers

Sensors

Luminescent sensor detects ‘forever chemical’ pollution in water

The heat absorbing microcapsules can be reused indefinitely
Materials

Heat absorbing microcapsules could enable smaller electronic devices

Energy & environment

Atkins report shows UK slipping on energy targets

Materials

Anti-icing and de-icing film generates its own heat

Dr Mahmoud Wagih with the new thermistor
Materials

Collaboration develops flexible thermistor with wireless radio frequency interface

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California.
Aerospace

NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil quiet supersonic aircraft

Aerial view on Barrage de la Rance in Brittany
Energy & environment

Tidal range schemes could protect against sea level rise

Artist’s impression of SZC
Nuclear

Sizewell C initiates Development Consent Order

Northumbrian Water covers an area of 9,400km2
Aerospace

Water quality monitored with drone flights

When placed on the surface of the brain, this thin, flexible implant enables researchers to capture high-resolution information about neural activity deep inside the brain without damaging its delicate tissue
Electronics

Transparent implant takes deep neural recordings from surface of brain