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A photograph of a radioactive nuclear waste yellow barrel at a greenpaece stand with a stone wall in the background.

Cutting the cost of cleaning up nuclear waste

The new Shape Memory Allow from QinetiQ could help to prevent aircraft damage and accidents caused by both bird and lightning strikes - image courtesy of QinetiQ.

UK defence firm QinetiQ unveils new material to protect aircraft from impacts

The Rize One 3D printer aims to address the problem associated with previous 3D printing technology, post-processing - image courtesy of Rize.

Rize develops the first zero post-processing 3D printer – Rize One

An Amazon Prime Air drone. Image courtesy of Amazon

Robotics & Automation

Amazon to begin UK testing of delivery drones

Facebook's Aquila drone flew for the first time last month. Image courtesy of Facebook.

Innovation

Facebook’s Aquila solar drone takes flight

CROP-Donald-Trump-claimed-that-he-can-bring-manufacturing-jobs-back-to-America.-Image-courtesy-of-Wikipedia.

Trump makes shallow promise to revive US manufacturing in nomination speech

HydraForce staff and guests on factory floor LR

HydraForce reveals £10m factory in Birmingham

A Tesla Model 3 electic vehicle, designed for the mass market. Image courtesy of Tesla

Elon Musk unveils new Tesla ‘Master Plan’

Having spent the past two years in development, it’s hoped that coffee chains and cup producers will see Frugalpac coffee cup as an answer to a significant issue - image courtesy of Frugalpac.

UK innovation aims to see every coffee cup recycled

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started 3D printing truck spare parts using the latest 3D SLS printing processes - image courtesy of Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz to begin 3D printing truck spare parts

An ARM-designed computer chip. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Chip designer ARM to be bought by SoftBank for $32bn