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April 13, 2022

Fibre in Water to stem leaks and improve connectivity

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Fibre in Water project will put fibre optic cables in water pipes to detect water leaks and help in the roll out of fast broadband (Image: AdobeStock) Water pipes could be used to accelerate the roll out of fast broadband without digging up roads under government plans to trial technology to boost digital connectivity. Yorkshire […]

April 13, 2022

Offshore friction stir welding robot passes design milestone

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The world’s first underwater robot to repair ships hulls with friction stir welding has reached a milestone with the finalising of the system’s concept design. The concept design of the RESURGAM system devised by a team of engineering experts at Forth (Image: Forth) The RESURGAM (Robotic Survey, Repair and Agile Manufacture) Project, funded by the […]

April 13, 2022

Hong-Ou-Mandel effect harnessed for quantum microscopy

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A quantum imaging breakthrough could lead to advanced forms of microscopy for use in medical research and diagnostics, claim physicists in Scotland. Detailed microscopic image of UofG sign (Image: Professor Daniele Faccio) A team from Glasgow University and Heriot-Watt University said they have found a new way to create detailed microscopic images under conditions that […]

April 12, 2022

Comment: Enlist consultants to bring your business into focus

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Enlisting the support of independent experts to catalyse the scale up of new technologies in an increasingly fast moving, competitive and complex environment is becoming an essential solution for many automotive manufacturers, writes Dr David Stewart, engineering director at HSSMI Each day, the average human has 6,200 thoughts, according to research by Queen’s University in […]

April 12, 2022

Additively manufacturing a new generation of super medical devices

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The University of Nottingham’s Professor Ricky Wildman looks at how recent advances in additive manufacturing technology could enable the development of a new generation of bio-instructive medical devices able to directly control cell behaviour Whilst additive manufacturing has been around for over 30 years, it is only in the last 5-10 years that it has […]

April 12, 2022

Comment: Taking the right path to digital transformation

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There are three essential pillars that underpin the success of a company’s digital transformation, says Vlad Nanu, co-founder and Co-CEO of Amdaris From accelerating strategic plans to rapid innovation, businesses have been forced to step up their digital transformation in recent times. A recent study from McKinsey estimates that the pandemic accelerated technology adoption among businesses […]

April 12, 2022

Bosch acquires Five to lead automated driving software

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Bosch has today announced its acquisition of Five, an automated driving technology start-up based in the UK, to accelerate development of self-driving cars. Five employs 140 staff at six locations in the United Kingdom, working on the vision of safe, self-driving vehicles. The company gave preference to Bosch over two other takeover bidders, Bosch revealed […]

April 12, 2022

Silica in waste rice husks used to produce LED light

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Scientists in Japan have developed a way to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot (SiQD) LED light. Reproduced from ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 1765-1776. Copyright ACS Their new method transforms agricultural waste – 100 million tons of rice husk waste is produced per year – into light-emitting diodes in a low-cost, environmentally […]

April 12, 2022

UK to build SKAO telescope software

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More than £15m has been awarded to UK institutions to deliver the software ‘brain’ of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)’s radio telescopes. Artist’s impression of the SKA-Low telescope in Australia. The 131,072 dipole antennas will survey the radio sky in frequencies as low as 50Mhz. In the background are dishes of the ASKAP radio […]

April 11, 2022

Report for BEIS predicts fugitive hydrogen emissions

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A Frazer-Nash report for government predicts how much hydrogen could leak into the atmosphere in a future 2050 energy system. Image via stock.adobe.com The report, published on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) website, identifies and quantifies the different mechanisms for fugitive hydrogen emissions, where hydrogen might be released into the atmosphere […]

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