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Materials

Cambridge bioplastic spinout Xampla raises $7m

Design and working concept of the Stretchable microNeedle Adhesive Patch
Wearable Technology

KAIST researchers develop new sweat-resistant wearable technology

Batteries

Monolith and About:Energy partner on AI-powered battery modelling

The robot underwater
Robotics & UAVs

Biohybrid robot pivots for tight turns

Dajiang Zhu, Associate Professor in computer science and engineering at UTA

New learning-based tool can help predict progression of Alzheimer’s disease

Automotive

L380 seeks to build on LEVC’s black cab success

Designed to operate for 60 years, the BWRX-300 boiling water reactor has an electrical capacity of 300MWe
Nuclear

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy awarded grant to develop SMR for UK

Energy & environment

Sewer heat to be tapped as part of new £80m scheme

Energy & environment

Movable seawall for tsunami protection is self-powered and generates electricity

Pictured from left to right: Elliot Baird (GrowUp Farms); Gillon Dobie (GrowUp Farms); Jonathan Grylls (Salinity Solutions); Lewis Penden (GrowUp Farms); and Liam Burlace (Salinity Solutions)

Trial aims to reuse wastewater at vertical farm

An extract from the interactive map viewer showing heating demand in Britain over recorded abandoned coal mine workings
Energy & environment

Coal Authority and Ordnance Survey map mine water heat

The microfluidic device. Precursor spidroin solution is placed at one end and then pulled towards the other end by means of negative pressure. As the spidroins flow through the microfluidic channels, they are exposed to precise changes in the chemical and physical environment, and self-assemble into silk fibres
Materials

Artificial spider silk spun from microfluidic device