Research and Development

The substantial investment in digitalisation will support the exploration of new business models, solutions and services for customer, alongside upskilling and training staff – image courtesy of Evonik.

Digital Transformation

Speciality chemical firm pours €100m into digitalisation

How bees see colour. A macro view of the head of a bee showing its compound eyes and its three ocelli on the top of its head - stock image courtesy of APS.

Bees’ colour perception may deliver evolutionary jump in camera and sensor technology

The Long March-5 rocket was launched from the new Wenchang spaceport (pictured). Image courtesy of CASC.

Long March 5 rocket fails minutes after launch

Horizontal Innovation Electrical Stock Image - Image courtesy of IET Media Image Library.

New £350K R&D competition tasks tech innovators with solving real-world challenges

The Industrial Strategy highlights the High Value Manufacturing Catapult as an exemplar of the Catapult model.

Boosting innovation through SME-university collaborations

Certain pesticides were found to harm the reproductive success of bee colonies. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - Waugsberg.

New study links pesticides to bee decline

An Apache attack helicopter was outfitted with a laser weapon pod. Image courtesy of Raytheon.

Laser Apache helicopter tested for the first time

Automated driving will provide an important contribution in car manufacturing to creating a more efficient overall traffic flow, with fewer critical situations or accidents - image courtesy of Continental

Industrial Data & AI

Continental to help drive automotive artifical intelligence

The Audi JKU Deep Learning Centre supports the manufacturer to produce self-learning cars which behave more safely in complex traffic situations - image courtesy of Audi.

Industrial Data & AI

Audi opens centre for self-learning autonomous vehicles

Airbus Helicopters ‘Racer’ (Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft) was unveiled at this week’s Paris Air Show - image courtesy of University of Nottingham.

Nottingham Uni develops revolutionary new aircraft wing

Autonomous Robots Drone UAV Multicopter Aerial View Camera Remote Inspection – image courtesy of Pixabay.

Autonomous robots to cut inspection costs by 25%