Research and Development

The McLaren P1 during development tests in 2012-2013.

McLaren P1 to be ‘race’ ready for the Geneva Motor Show

The humble potato - Photo courtesy of Graibeard

Humble ‘super’ potato could hold the cure for iron deficiency anaemia

The McLaren P1 during development tests.

The McLaren P1 edges towards production

CKF in action. Automation and Robotics

New £1m funding boost for robotics and autonomous systems

An example of graphene - photo courtesy of Andrea Ferrari, Cambridge Graphene Centre

New research to be conducted into ‘wonder material’ graphene

£50,000 grant for revolutionary bio-composite research

Fighting fraudsters: machines with built-in copy protection

solar panels, earth rangers

Surrey University reveals low-cost solar power breakthrough

Interview: Pat Symonds on building Marussia F1 team from scratch and transferring tech from track to road

British Airways Dreamliner

BMW and Boeing pool brains to automate carbon fibre production

The design for phase II of the National Composites .

National Composites Centre receives £28m in funding