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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’

Aerospace

Mandate sets 2030 date for use of sustainable aviation fuel

NPL's optical stabilising reference cavity was developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) and is designed to lock laser frequency for future high-precision space instruments. The cavity acts like a tuning fork and prevents a laser from drifting.
Communications

NPL working with ESA to SWAP all the clocks

Aerospace

Airbus Helicopters’ Racer takes first flight

Capacitors with stratified 2D nanofillers embedded in the polymer matrix
Energy & environment

High-energy-density capacitor promises multiple applications

An ivory object, assumed to be of Asian elephant origin, under the microscope inside a Renishaw in via Raman microspectrometer
Materials

Raman spectroscopy differentiates legal and illegal ivory

Rail & marine

Poll: Should the UK’s railways be renationalised?

Sensors

Gas-sensing detector gets measure of toxic gasses

Software

VR gamers can experience ‘ludicrous speed’ without motion sickness

Medical & healthcare

AI-generated medical responses need monitoring, study finds