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Home retrofit drive could create future e-waste problem, researchers warn.

Imperial College London has teamed up with graduate-founded biomaterials company Ponda to launch a range of sustainable university-branded clothing, demonstrating how ideas developed through engineering education can become commercial products.

A University of Cambridge engineering graduate has co-founded a deep-tech start-up using artificial intelligence to improve image reconstruction across medicine, science and industry.

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Researchers at ETH Zurich and EPFL have developed a particle detector that could simplify one of the biggest engineering challenges in experimental physics: tracking particles in three dimensions without relying on millions of individual detector elements.

Modern cancer treatments have become remarkably effective, but they all face the same problem. However precisely a tumour is identified, destroying it without damaging healthy tissue remains difficult. Surgery removes healthy tissue along with the tumour. Radiotherapy can affect nearby cells. Chemotherapy attacks healthy fast-growing cells as well as cancerous ones.

Developing new aerospace technologies is rarely a quick process. A promising idea can spend years moving through design, manufacture and testing before engineers know whether it is viable, with each stage depending on the last. The result is a development cycle that can stretch over many years, slowing the introduction of new technologies and increasing costs.

As electricity systems become more dependent on wind and solar power, engineers face a problem that cannot be solved simply by adding more generating capacity. Renewable output varies with the weather, electricity demand changes with temperature, and transmission networks determine whether power can reach the places where it is needed. Decisions about where new infrastructure is built may therefore be just as important as decisions about how much is installed.

A2 Engine has launched a digital platform designed to help engineers assess potential ground movements during the early stages of construction projects.

Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a modified latex material for balloons that is designed to break down more quickly after disposal while retaining the strength, elasticity and performance of conventional products.