30 Oct, 2024 Foiling the problems with tankers... By Robert Carpmael The amazing efficiency of foil sails have recently been in the public eye during the America's Cup. However, can they power a tanker as...
22 Oct, 2024 Patents and Innovation in European Universities By Paul Chapman As someone who has assisted Universities for over 25 years in protecting their IP , I was interested to listen to today's webinar hosted...
14 Oct, 2024 Adaptix wins innovation award for low-power x-ray testing solution By Dominic O'Connor At the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) conference last week Adaptix, who have been working closely with Cranfield University, won...
04 Oct, 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...
13 Aug, 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...
09 Jul, 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...
01 Jul, 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...
13 Jun, 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,...
11 Jun, 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...
20 May, 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,...
17 May, 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...
09 May, 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...