28 Mar 2016
Smart materials are set to become an $80.21bn market by 2022, promising huge developments in sectors as broad as packaging and sports.
25 Mar 2016
Soft robots take their design cues from nature, applying the concepts of basic biology to mimic motion, strength and healing capabilities of animals and plants
23 Mar 2016
The development of a flexible screen has been hotly anticipated, consumer electronics company LG unveiled their long-awaited rollable television early this year
22 Mar 2016
SunCatalyst Laboratories have developed a wearable photocatalyst band to convert energy from the sun to tell users when they’ve had too much sun exposure.
21 Mar 2016
Vantablack, one of the world’s blackest materials, is on display at the Science Museum. Its dark appearance is the result of a unique forest-like coating of…
18 Mar 2016
Apprenticeships may not appeal to everybody, but Siemens engineer Laura Emms urges more people, especially women, to take up the opportunity.
10 Jan 2025
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27 Dec 2024
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13 Dec 2024
Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth. It's estimated that there are 30,000…