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NMITE scholarship offered to female student in initiative to encourage more women to pursue engineering

NMITE scholarship offered to female student in initiative to encourage more women to pursue engineering

Schaeffler UK Ltd becomes an NMITE Challenge Partner, providing a challenge module for NMITE learners, and will provide one NMITE female engineering student with a generous scholarship.

3D printing plaster-like wound covering in space

3D printing plaster-like wound covering in space

Human cells in a 3D printer that can be used to cover wounds like a sticking plaster – this is the long-term goal of the Bioprint FirstAid experiment.

World’s most powerful permanent magnet wins QEPrize 2022

World’s most powerful permanent magnet wins QEPrize 2022

The 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is awarded to Japan’s Dr Masato Sagawa for his work on the discovery, development and global commercialisation of the sintered Neodymium Iron Boron permanent magnet.

Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help

Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human – a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans.

Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb

Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb

Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems.

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