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When seeing is no longer believing
September 27, 2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is polluting the world of science. Online teaching and reference resources are suddenly being populated by images of imaginary microbes, machinery full of mistakes, and human bodies...
Award for Bristol drones that target wildfires with autonomous response
September 27, 2026
A swarm of autonomous drones developed by robotics researchers at the University of Bristol has won a $500,000 award in the global XPRIZE Wildfire competition after demonstrating a system designed...
How the lab became a power in the boardroom
June 7, 2026
In the mining industry, science isn’t a passive instrument. Its findings drive commercial decision-making, explains Greg Rankin. With commodity prices rising across the mining sector, from gold to strategically critical...
Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes
March 12, 2026
Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions to develop an ‘intelligent observatory’ programme featuring smart, automated telescopes. The Hartree, which specialises in AI, high...
NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing
March 4, 2026
Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) based in South Wales.
Photonics pioneer Brongersma wins IET’s 2026 Harvey award
January 18, 2026
Stanford University professor Mark Brongersma has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) most prestigious award, the A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.
Big Ask: Bruntwood’s Kath Mackay
December 22, 2025
Regional innovation ecosystems are crucial to ensure university spin-outs are retained and nurtured to play their part in the UK R&D sector, says Dr Kath Mackay, chief scientific officer at...
Powering the lab
December 8, 2025
When a technology increases in sophistication, automation and ease of use, so can the results. In the case of electron microscopy, gains in the laboratory have been considerable, explain Anna...
Three steps for an intelligent strategy
December 8, 2025
Generative AI will become ever more embedded within scientific research, the challenge is to keep it fit for purpose. Focus on the trusted, intuitive and fast tools, says Cameron Ross.
Microwave tech turns clothes into wearable diagnostics
November 24, 2025
Specialists at a Finnish university are developing a series of wearables that use microwave technology, in order to cut diagnostic delays faced by patients who lack easy access to medical...
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