Oct 04, 2024 Offshore Renewable Energy Hub calls for accelerated deployment of wind, wave, and tidal energy By Susan Bradley In a report published today, the Supergen ORE Hub summarises the contribution of offshore renewable energy (ORE) to the UK's 2050 net...
Aug 13, 2024 Intellectual property as an encouragement for regional investment By Martin Hyden The recent EY report for the Western Gateway partnership “Investment Flows and the Productivity Gap” highlighted that the region suffers...
Jul 09, 2024 Record-breaking UK rocket launch By Robert Carpmael It is always fun to see a rocket launch, and this one was a bit special for a group of UK students from Sheffield as it smashed the UK...
Jul 01, 2024 Jumping Genes! By Gareth Williams This is a potentially exciting new development in the world of genome engineering. Researchers have used bacterial transposons - mobile...
Jun 13, 2024 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology By Matthijs Branderhorst Quantum technology moved on from scientific experiments in the lab to real-world products some years ago. Public awareness lags behind,...
Jun 11, 2024 Beam me up! New prototype brings space power closer By Ali Raja Researchers have successfully demonstrated the world’s first 360º beam steering technology, a key advancement towards space-based solar...
May 20, 2024 Biosourced photopolymers: print, recycle, repeat By Susan Bradley A team at the University of Birmingham has successfully produced a photopolymer resin which can be used in high resolution 3D printing,...
May 17, 2024 Exceptional researchers elected to Royal Society Fellowship By Andrea Williams The Royal Society has announced the names of over 90 exceptional researchers to be elected as Fellows; and I am so pleased to see some of...
May 09, 2024 Biocomposite Breakthrough: Self-digesting spore-filled polymers By Mairi Rudkin This article caught my eye this morning - researchers based at the University of California San Diego have developed a new class of...
Mar 27, 2024 Japan Railway East experts working with the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) By Robert Carpmael It is always good to see cooperation between academia and industry and we will be watching with interest to see what this new...
Mar 01, 2024 Hydrogen Week in Cambridge By Mark Schuster Throughout our Hydrogen Week posts so far, we have highlighted hydrogen activity across the country, including in key clusters such as...
Jan 17, 2024 Lithium Battery Recycling By Robert Carpmael A significant problem with lithium batteries is the availability of raw ingredients, and in particular lithium. I was interested to read...