A digital tool for more effective product development
A free, online platform from the Open University, UK, is to save manufacturers time and costs in product testing.
Global Safety Evidence Centre for mining and quarrying
A £15mln investment in the centre will take place over 10 years.
Ardagh trials lower-carbon biofuel
Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe has completed an industrial fuel switching trial to produce glass packaging using biofuel.
Silicone elastomer brings adjustable prosthetic limbs to life
‘Roliner’ could allow amputees to change the shape, volume and stiffness of the liner that attaches a prosthetic limb’s socket to a residual leg.
Rising temperatures release carbon from soils
Studies of soil from the Nile Delta has unearthed accelerating carbon release with rising temperatures.
First heavy rare-earths production at Lynas Malaysia
Lynas Rare Earths claims to be the only commercial producer to have separated heavy rare-earth products outside China.
Europe doubles funding for top researchers
'Start-up' funding for researchers establishing laboratories or teams in Europe will be now up to €2mln.
Enhancing antimicrobial surfaces
The potential of high power impulse magnetron sputtering.
Nanoplastic for sustainable street lighting
NanoPE reportedly enhances thermal radiation emission from LED surfaces to reduce their operating temperature.
Coated cerium oxide nanoparticles
A patent for coated cerium oxide nanoparticles with antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties.
About time - embracing 4D
Embedding the fourth dimension of time in medical device development
Venture forth
How students can hone their entrepreneurial skills.
Maintaining flow - enhancing stent manufacture
A new way to fabricate novel titanium-alloy stents combining additive manufacturing and laser micromachining.
Powering up bioelectronic devices
The future role of materials for bioelectronic devices.
Seeing through wounds
How bioactive glass fixes bones, heals wounds and fights bacteria
HALo effect - long-acting therapeutics
A little goes a long way with long-acting therapeutics.
A simple substance?
Extracting lithium from a seemingly innocuous substance with a vast range of applications – brine.
In a spin about spin-outs
Creating a conducive ecosystem for university spin-outs to thrive
The roots of medical geology
Digging into the geological factors that shape human and animal health.
Keeping their nerve - journey into entrepreneurship
An academic and surgeon share their experiences in establishing a medical start-up.