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When wound into coils, HTS tapes can generate much higher magnetic fields than conventional superconducting magnets, while taking up far less space and requiring far less cooling power
Nuclear

Tokamak Energy signs high temperature superconducting tape agreement

Illustration of the high-efficiency metal-free battery developed by KAUST researchers
Energy & environment

Metal-free batteries raise hope for eco-friendly grids

Copper imprinted on fabric (top) is replaced with a metal-organic framework (bottom) capable of detecting and capturing toxic gases.
Materials

Smart textile coating detoxifies gases

Exagen
Renewables

Exagen submits plans for £350m grid-scale battery

Oxbotica at bp's Lingen Refinery
Automotive

Oxbotica raises $140m in Series C investment

Engineering-related apprenticeship starts in England are nine per cent lower than in 2014/15.
Skills & careers

Inquiry to investigate need to grow engineering apprenticeships

Communications

DAS signal modelling to assist in uptake of active travel

Sensmet µdoes installed on site
Manufacturing

Analyser brings battery metal analysis onto site

Energy & environment

BEIS study to investigate hard to decarbonise homes

Rong Yang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, works with an initiated chemical vapour deposition system in her Olin Hall laboratory
Medical & healthcare

AI to advance nanomedicine manufacturing

Aerospace

UK-launched rocket reaches space but ‘anomaly’ prevents satellite deployment

Skills & careers

New survey by Hays reveals what the future holds for engineering