Manufacturing’s growth is being hamstrung by an out-of-date Apprenticeship Levy scheme that is failing to address key labour shortages in the workforce. Rachel Eade…
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World’s first disabled astronaut hopes to inspire others as he begins training
The world’s first disabled astronaut, former UK Paralympian, John McFall, has arrived in Germany to begin feasibility studies at the European Astronaut Centre. John,…
Sellafield graduate targets technology to attract young talent to industry
Tom Calverley, a graduate radiometric physicist working at Sellafield’s Engineering Centre of Excellence, has won the Cumbria stage of the competition to reach the…
Future Worlds to launch six new startups at London Tech Week
Future Worlds, the on-campus early-stage accelerator at the University of Southampton, will host its annual Demo Day on 14th June at 5pm at the…
A step toward safe and reliable autopilots for flying
In the film “Top Gun: Maverick,” Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, is charged with training young pilots to complete a seemingly impossible mission —…
Four-legged robot traverses tricky terrains thanks to improved 3D vision
Researchers led by the University of California San Diego have developed a new model that trains four-legged robots to see more clearly in 3D.…
Artificial heart valve ‘made in less than 10 minutes’
An artificial heart valve that was made in less than 10 minutes started working immediately after it was implanted into a sheep, its creators…
UK innovators compete for £50,000 engineering prize
A developer of clean energy technology, enabling the world’s most progressive companies to decarbonise at scale and pace, an AI-based forecasting and risk management…
UEA students amongst the first the be taught machine learning courses
As part of a collaboration with Google, the University of East Anglia (UEA) will incorporate machine learning education into its course portfolio. This partnership…
New superconducting diode could improve quantum computers and AI
University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a new superconducting diode, a key component in electronic devices, that could help scale up quantum…