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Two millimetre optical microresonator will improve planetary landing success

April 21, 2022
Smaller, they say, is better in space. A NASA-funded team led by SMU researchers think that their small, lightweight device developed to measure spaceship velocity will improve the odds of...

Sustainable concept for wood-based textile fibres

April 14, 2022
The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance...

DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine

April 6, 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and its people and will continue to do so long after the conflict is resolved. Many universities...

UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities

April 5, 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme has awarded its latest set of grants to four UK businesses, enabling them to collaborate with Higher...

Scientists develop environmentally safe, frost-resistant coatings

April 1, 2022
As the urgency to eradicate environmental pollution increases, many biomaterials are being developed. However, these advanced materials often rely on non-compostable coatings for robust functionality. Now, a team of researchers...

A researcher’s guide to intermittent research

April 1, 2022
Under the continued cosh of COVID, Dr Matthew Partridge considers the impact of constant interruptions and how an ongoing reality that randomly, yet regularly, prevents researchers from being able to...

It’s cool here in the future!

March 29, 2022
Finding an excuse to watch Star Trek and call it research, Russ Swan compares science fiction with real world technological advances and realises some of the most significant gaps lie...

UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive

March 24, 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN. The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,...

How to create an inclusive workplace

March 22, 2022
According to research, working women and minorities in the workplace have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This situation must bring diversity front and centre on the leadership agenda and...

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