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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...

Sheffield engineers harness weather forecasts for industrial green energy

November 3, 2025
University of Sheffield engineers are using the weather to time energy intensive manufacturing for when the electricity grid’s carbon footprint is at its lowest.

Three essential elements for science-fit Generative AI

September 23, 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, says Cameron Ross.

Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

September 18, 2025
The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer reciprocal membership.

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