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Sponge enables robot to crack the egg challenge

June 10, 2023
Robots have demonstrated their efficiency over the human and manual approach in many areas but still struggle to match the fine motor skills of people when handling, say, an egg.

Concern as India cuts back on school science teaching

June 4, 2023
India’s education training authority has caused alarm with its decision to remove some key elements of science teaching from textbooks for students aged 14-16.

Metrology’s ‘house journal’ celebrates 100 not out

May 21, 2023
The World’s oldest scientific instrumentation and measurement journal is celebrating a century of publishing by releasing a special collection of metrology research papers revisiting themes from its earliest days.

UKRI minimum stipend to rise to £18.6k for academic year

May 5, 2023
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has said its minimum stipend for funded doctoral students’ living costs, will rise to £18,622 for academic year 2023 to 2024.

‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough 

April 27, 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwater exploration and extend the uses of low-cost twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator devices.

Bristol team help boost Chornobyl radiation monitoring

April 3, 2023
Researchers from the University of Bristol will be part of the international team seeking to repair and improve radiological monitoring for the Chornobyl exclusion zone, close to the conflict zone...

Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes

March 1, 2023
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his European Union counterparts looks likely to pave the way for the UK’s continued involvement in the...

Weighing: the environmental impact

February 10, 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smaller scale it can affect them adversely too, as in the case...

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