Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a soft robot that engages in three simultaneous behaviours: rolling forward, spinning and following a path that orbits around a central...
Scientists have created energy-harvesting flags that generate electricity using wind and solar power, an advance that could boost the use of remote ‘deploy and forget’ sensors.
An X-ray scanner that not only produces an image of an object but can also identify precisely what material it is made of, is being developed for use in airport security.
The UK can shake off its design and innovation-only tag and become a manufacturing powerhouse for clean mobility. There is one caveat – we must act now, says Deepak Farmah, commercial director at the...
Cars built almost entirely from recycled metals and new manufacturing processes for emerging optoelectronics technologies are just some of the targets of two £10m research centres being created in the...