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Policy & business

UK witnessing R&D offshoring exodus

Energy & environment

Fresh cash injection for UK battery research projects

Twistrons, made from spun CNTs, convert mechanical movement into electricity. Scanning electron microscope images show how UT Dallas researchers made a new kind of twistron by intertwining three individual strands of spun carbon nanotube fibres to make a single yarn, similar to the way conventional yarns used in textiles are constructed. A previous version of a harvester (right) was made by coiling the CNT fibres. The scale bars indicate 100 micrometres
Energy & environment

Carbon nanotube ‘twistrons’ harvest mechanical energy to generate electricity

Automotive

Cold winds for UK auto but EVs offer hope

Quantum satellite communications to be developed by the TeQuantS project
Aerospace

Thales Alenia Space to lead space-to-Earth quantum comms technologies project

Energy & environment

Companies falling short on climate pledges, survey finds

Automotive

Driver seat ‘avatar’ could improve F1 racing seats

Haemostatic microneedle technology can be applied like a typical adhesive bandage to quickly stop bleeding
Medical & healthcare

Microneedle patch quickly puts a stop to haemorrhaging

Artist's impression of EMEC test site (not to scale)
Energy & environment

EMEC eyes 100MW floating wind demonstrator

Researchers have built a six-legged soft robot that incorporates a new system of fluid-driven actuators to achieve more complex motions with greater control
Robotics & UAVs

Soft robots given more agility

A Yellow blaze African cichlid
Robotics & UAVs

Sensory organ of fish could help development of pressure sensor for underwater robots

Mechanical science and engineering professor Sameh Tawfick led a new study introducing click beetle-sized robots small enough to fit into tight spaces, powerful enough to manoeuvre over obstacles and fast enough to match an insect’s rapid escape time
Robotics & UAVs

Click beetle inspires jumping robots for machinery and crop inspection