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Aerospace

Stratospheric EuroHAPS programme kicks off

Energy & environment

RWE unveils amphibious offshore turbine maintenance vessel

Energy & environment

CCC urges government to pick up pace on decarbonising power

The NTU Singapore scientists who led the research. (From left) Professor Sum Tze Chien, director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at NTU and Associate Dean (Research) of NTU’s College of Science; Dr Ye Senyun, research fellow from NTU’s School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Dr Rao Haixia, research fellow from NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Lam Yeng Ming, Chair of NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering
Renewables

Lead-free capping layer points to commercial perovskite solar cells

HPM-400 ultra-lightweight, power-dense electric motor
Rail & marine

Equipmake unveils electric motor ‘believed to be the most power dense in the world’

Image shows diffusion of an element at a solar cell interface. It was captured using a scanning electron microscope with cathodoluminescence capabilities
Materials

New facility set to enable nanoscale imaging of solar cells

Conceptual illustration of steganographic visual secret sharing
Communications

Steganography algorithms enable ‘perfectly secure’ information

Rail & marine

Rail freight can go electric, CILT(UK) research finds

Communications

Novel phase shifter set to reduce signal loss in antennas

UCLA materials scientists said its miniature greenhouse prototype, with its roof built of semi-transparent solar cells, resulted in better plant growth than a traditional greenhouse
Energy & environment

UCLA solar roofs harvest energy for greenhouses

Automotive

Charcoal air filters improve in-vehicle air quality

Skills & careers

Salary survey: growing appetite for change amongst UK engineering professionals