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Arup invites start-ups to collaborate to create healthier cities
British built-environment design and engineering company Arup is looking to partner with start-ups to design ideas that can make cities healthier, thriving places to live. The firm’s new Innovation Challenge forms part of its Venture activities, which are designed to forge what it calls ‘innovative ecosystems’ across the private and public sector to create and…
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TECHNOLOGY
New 3D-printing process offers novel energy-storage design options
A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales has developed a process to print solid-state polymer electrolytes into any shape desired for use in energy…
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China builds world’s largest and most powerful wind tunnel
China has built the world’s largest free-piston-powered shock tunnel, enabling it to carry out wind tunnel tests for hypersonic research at relatively low cost and potentially widening its…
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New very-high-speed motor could benefit electric vehicles
Engineers at the University of New South Wales have designed and built a new high-speed motor that has the potential to increase the range of electric vehicles. The…
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SUSTAINABILITY
Arup invites start-ups to collaborate to create healthier cities
British built-environment design and engineering company Arup is looking to partner with start-ups to design ideas that can make cities healthier, thriving places to live. The firm’s new…
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New process uses cheap brines to extract silver from old PV cells
Scientists from the University of Leicester have developed an alternative process for recovering high-purity silver and aluminium from end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) cells, the functioning units of solar panels,…
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New very-high-speed motor could benefit electric vehicles
Engineers at the University of New South Wales have designed and built a new high-speed motor that has the potential to increase the range of electric vehicles. The…
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EDUCATION
ECITB launches new skills strategy to support engineering construction industry growth
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched a new strategy to support growth in the engineering construction industry, pledging more than £87million to support workforce training…
Education trust concerned by fall in design and technology student numbers
A new analysis by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust has revealed that design and technology student numbers have fallen by up to 71 per cent since the Conservative…
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Students receive insights into nuclear design engineering at Sellafield
Around 80 Year 10/11 and 12/13 students from schools and colleges in the Warrington area got an insight into what design engineering involves and the range of opportunities…
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MATERIALS
New 3D-printing process offers novel energy-storage design options
A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales has developed a process to print solid-state polymer electrolytes into any shape desired for use in energy…
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New process uses cheap brines to extract silver from old PV cells
Scientists from the University of Leicester have developed an alternative process for recovering high-purity silver and aluminium from end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) cells, the functioning units of solar panels,…
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New method developed to turn waste plastic into valuable products
A team of researchers from Washington State University has developed a simple, cheap and efficient way to convert polylactic acid (PLA), a bio-based plastic used in products such…
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MEDICAL
New 3D-printing process offers novel energy-storage design options
A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales has developed a process to print solid-state polymer electrolytes into any shape desired for use in energy…
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New biomaterial ink could be use to 3D print implantable bioelectronics
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, much like skin,…
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MIT engineers develop stamp-sized wearable ultrasound stickers
A team of MIT engineers has designed a stamp-sized adhesive patch that can produce continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours. Ultrasound imaging currently requires bulky,…
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