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...
27 Mar, 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...
01 Mar, 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...
17 Jan, 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...
18 Dec, 2023 Magnet recycling begins in Birmingham By Giles Pinnington In an important step on the UK's path to a circular economy, commercial production of recycled rare earth magnets has begun at...
08 Dec, 2023 Turquoise hydrogen (and CNTs) - What is it? By Kirsteen Gordon I went to a talk this week by Professor Boies of the Department of Engineering, who was presenting on his group's research on Turquoise...