Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a new fastener with a microscopic mushroom-like design, which is hoped to lead to advances in the field of soft robotics. A fastener with microscopic mushroom shapes could be as strong as Velcro but with less noise and less damage to other fabrics, researchers say. Credit: Preeti Sharma The […]
Scientists have developed a robot that uses resonance to propel itself through water in the same style as an Aurelia aurita jellyfish, which is the natural world’s most efficient swimmer. The research from the Universities of Southampton and Edinburgh demonstrates that the new underwater robot can swim as quickly and efficiently as the squid and […]
Rolls-Royce has been awarded $1m of research funding from the US Navy for its FanSense digital foreign object debris (FOD) on-engine detection system. Image by Military_Material from Pixabay The year-long research contract will help develop and validate Rolls-Royce’s FanSense debris monitoring system, which is currently supporting the Pegasus engine. According to Rolls-Royce, FanSense analyses the shaft […]
Researchers in the UK and US have ‘fine tuned’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial for suitable use in soft tissue repair or flexible bioelectronics. Materials that successfully replicate the necessary elasticity and strength of biological tissues, but which also biodegrade over an appropriate timescale, are difficult to engineer because a material’s mechanical properties typically govern the […]
Siemens UK is searching for 26 school leavers, university students and graduates to fill a range of positions across its Digital Industries division. Apprentices at Siemens’ digital factory in Congleton (Credit: Siemens DI) Five university students completing their E3 scholarships will secure places on Siemens DI’s graduate programme. In addition, over the next three months […]
AGS Airports is leading a consortium in CAELUS, a project to develop and trial the UK’s first national distribution network using drones to transport medicines and medical supplies throughout Scotland. Dronamics’ Black Swan 1.4 scale (Image: Dronamics) The AGS led consortium, which brings together 14 organisations including Strathclyde University and air traffic control provider NATS, […]
A new study by Nottingham and Durham Universities claims that the 2019 Brazilian dam collapse could have been foreseen with the right monitoring technology. The collapse in south-east Brazil, which took place on 25 January 2019 at a tailings dam near the Corrégo do Feijão iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state, was one of […]
Low carbon aircraft are to fly on short routes in Scotland as part of SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment), a project that could transform travel between remote communities. Ampaire’s Electric EEL aircraft (Credit Ampaire) Part-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the £3.7m SATE project will create the UK’s […]
UK-based researchers have used satellite cameras and deep learning AI to count elephants travelling through African forests and grasslands. (Satellite image (c) 2020 Maxar Technologies) High-resolution imagery from the satellite Worldview 3 was processed using an algorithm developed by Dr Olga Isupova, a computer scientist at Bath University. Published in the Journal of Zoology, the project […]
Thales is collaborating with Sports & Wellbeing Analytics (SWA), exploring how SWA’s PROTECHT technology – used in rugby – could monitor military injuries. Swansea-based SWA designed its PROTECHT mouthguards to allow professional rugby teams to monitor and manage head impacts on players from big collisions. The technology reports in real time, providing opportunity for immediate […]