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Smart wound dressing speeds up healing - 30th July 2026
Meet the 2026 MacRobert Award finalists - 3rd July 2026
British-Irish Scientist wins major award for effective malaria vaccine - 3rd July 2026

£20m research and technology centre to lengthen time dementia sufferers live independently

Health and medical, Innovation
Smart wound dressing speeds up healing
Smart wound dressing speeds up healing by triggering body’s own repair signals. A bioinspired material, developed by scientists at Imperial College London, accelerates wound healing and the repair of human …
Awards
Meet the 2026 MacRobert Award finalists
Every year, the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award is presented to the engineers behind the UK’s most exciting engineering innovation. The 2026 MacRobert Award finalists are: WeWALK Smart Cane: …
Awards, Health and medical, Innovation
British-Irish Scientist wins major award for effective …
The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded Irish-British scientist Sir Adrian Hill the European Inventor Award 2026 in the Research category for developing the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine. According to the …
Awards, Innovation
MacRobert Award 2026 shortlist announced
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the three finalists for the 2026 MacRobert Award, the longest-running and most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation. This year’s shortlist recognises transformative …
Mining
How can we recover neodymium from wind …