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‘Cyborg’ beetles could revolutionise urban search and rescue
Researchers at the University of Queensland’s have created miniature microchip backpacks that can be used to remotely guide darkling beetles (Zophobas morio) via video game controllers. According to the researchers, the backpack-equipped beetles could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as…
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TECHNOLOGY
New fuel cell can stabilise power grid by making and storing energy
A team of engineers at West Virginia University (WVU) has designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate…
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New alloy could enable exoplanet discovery
A unique new material that shrinks when heated and expands when cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space telescopes that future NASA missions require to search for habitable…
University of Bath crowned winners of the IMechE UAS Challenge
Students from the University of Bath’s Team Bath Drones have secured the title of grand champions of Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ UAS Challenge, having seen off a record…
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SUSTAINABILITY
AI-created materials could reduce your energy bill
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the National University of Singapore and Umea University in Sweden have used machine learning and artificial…
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New fuel cell can stabilise power grid by making and storing energy
A team of engineers at West Virginia University (WVU) has designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate…
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Engineering student team wins People’s Prize in global design competition
Two student teams from the University of Sheffield’s Global Engineering Challenge (GEC) programme represented the faculty at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25, organised by Engineering Without…
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EDUCATION
University of Bath crowned winners of the IMechE UAS Challenge
Students from the University of Bath’s Team Bath Drones have secured the title of grand champions of Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ UAS Challenge, having seen off a record…
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Engineering student team wins People’s Prize in global design competition
Two student teams from the University of Sheffield’s Global Engineering Challenge (GEC) programme represented the faculty at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25, organised by Engineering Without…
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Sellafield engineers win IChemE Young Engineers awards
A team of design engineer graduates from Sellafield have won the Quality Education category at the prestigious Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and…
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MATERIALS
AI-created materials could reduce your energy bill
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the National University of Singapore and Umea University in Sweden have used machine learning and artificial…
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New fuel cell can stabilise power grid by making and storing energy
A team of engineers at West Virginia University (WVU) has designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate…
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Engineers shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have shaken the tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator. The ten-storey, 30-metre structure was subjected to simulations…
MEDICAL
Researchers develop ultrasonic wireless battery charging technology
A research team led by Sunghoon Hur of the Electronic and Hybrid Materials Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Professor Hyun-Cheol Song…
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New algorithm promises improved joint designs
Researchers in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have developed an algorithm to design metastructures that are reconfigurable across six degrees of freedom…
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New 3D-printing method enables colour-changing, stress-responsive materials
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Duke University, University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a cutting-edge…
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