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October 24, 2019

Researchers reveal secrets of nature’s toughest material

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Researchers have revealed the underlying nanomechanics that give nacre its hardness and resilience, an advance that could lead to ultra-strong synthetic materials. Nacre – or mother of pearl – is the material that lines the insides of mollusc shells and is recognised as nature’s toughest material. Now, a team of researchers led by the University […]

October 24, 2019

Chess-playing robot wins IMechE mechatronics prize

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Loughborough University’s Guy King has won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Mechatronics Student of the Year competition. Guy’s entry ‘Design and Build Chess Playing Robot’ was named the overall winner at an event held at IMechE’s London headquarters. The 20-year-old final year mechanical engineering student received a cheque for £1000 and a glass trophy […]

October 24, 2019

Insects inspire swarm of search and rescue drones

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Insects have inspired an international team of researchers to create a swarm of tiny lightweight drones that autonomously explore unknown environments. Liverpool University Professor Karl Tuyls is part a group whose new work is claimed to represent a significant step forward in the field of swarm robotics. Their findings are published in Science Robotics. Swarms of flying […]

October 24, 2019

Loughborough and Ford partner on EV project

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Loughborough University is working with Ford as part of a major new commercial EV project that aims to replace prototyping with modelling and simulation. A Ford Transit Van “in-the-loop” with a simulation model running on a computer. The dynamometers connected to the wheel-hubs feed realistic road loads to the vehicle. The £39m ViVID (Virtual Vehicle […]

October 24, 2019

Interview: TAE Life Sciences CEO Bruce Bauer

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Fusion healing: Bruce Bauer says that particle accelerator technology spun out of fusion research could revolutionise cancer treatment. Stuart Nathan reports Bruce Bauer There are never enough effective cancer therapies, it seems. The challenge of treating a disease that’s essentially the body turning on itself has occupied the medical sector for much of the last […]

October 23, 2019

Soil squeaks give early warning of infrastructure collapse

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Loughborough engineer awarded grant to develop ultrasonic monitoring system to detect deterioration of ground below transport, energy and building infrastructure The LTI team’s sensors could be distributed along buried infrastructure, sending alarms if potentially harmful signals are detected. The concrete and the clay beneath my feet begin to crumble, as the popular 1960s song goes. […]

October 23, 2019

Audio-visual treatment points to Alzheimer’s breakthrough

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Human trials are underway of a technique that uses light and sound to stimulate brain activity and stem the flow of Alzheimer’s. Known as GENUS (Gamma Entrainment Using Sensory stimuli), the method has successfully been trialled in mice, reducing the build-up of amyloid and tau proteins associated with the disease and improving brain function. Flickering […]

October 23, 2019

Hybrid material makes the aerospace-grade

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Engineers have proposed an alternative to aluminium for the leading edges of aircraft wings after the material demonstrated encouraging aerospace-grade qualities in tests. Composite metal foam (Image credit: Afsaneh Rabiei) The material combines steel composite metal foam (CMF) and epoxy resin to form a hybrid material dubbed ‘infused CMF’ by the team that developed it […]

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