External press release
2 Feb 2022

Wingcopter Teams up With UAV LATAM For Drone Delivery in Peru
Through this alliance, Wingcopter will work with UAV del Peru, a subsidiary of UAV LATAM, deploying the Wingcopter 198, Wingcopter's new flagship Unmanned Aircraft System, to carry out drone delivery operations for local clients. With the partnership, Wingcopter, UAV LATAM and UAV del Peru become leaders in the drone delivery space in Peru.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Comau and Mullen Automative Team up For Automotive Body Assembly
Comau announces a strategic alliance with Mullen Automotive Inc, an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer for the build out of a vehicle body shop at Mullen's Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center in Tunica, MS, United States.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Green Hydrogen From Waste Now a Reality
Egypt project to produce 300,000 tons of green hydrogen per year. Following a multimillion $ investment, H2-Industries is now poised to undertake several projects which will convert organic waste, including plastic and agricultural waste and even sewage sludge, and turning same into useable hydrogen.
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2 Feb 2022

Recyclus Opens First Recycling Plant in Tipton
The Tipton plant aims to increase Recyclus' lead-acid battery recycling production capacity from an estimated 16,000 tonnes in the first full year of production, to circa 80,000 tonnes by 2027.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells With Just a Piece of Paper
Perovskite semiconductor solar cells are a very exciting photovoltaic technology possessing similar efficiencies to silicon but cast or printed in thin films via liquid inks. A new method that uses a simple sheet of paper to deposit the perovskite films that does so without any expensive equipment at all has been developed .
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2 Feb 2022

Adphos Thermal Processing Tech Further Adapted in Battery Manufacture
In 2021 several thermal process lab and pilot systems for different, even multilayer, battery coating applications and a first high speed separator coating drying system to a leading Asian customer, has been delivered.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Octopus Energy Increases Payments for Solar Power Customers
Octopus Energy has upped its payments for households exporting renewable power back to the grid.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Avery Dennison Acquires TexTrace, an Innovator in Integrated RFID
Avery Dennison Corporation has acquired TexTrace AG, a technology developer that specializes in custom-made woven and knitted RFID products which can be sewn onto or inserted into garments.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Jacobs Secures RWE Green Hydrogen Feasibility Contract in the UK
Jacobs has been awarded a feasibility study contract from renewable energy company RWE to investigate the production and supply of green hydrogen in South Wales, U.K.
External press release
2 Feb 2022

Monta and EN+ Team up to Supercharge EV Charge Points
An electric vehicle charging platform and EV charge point installer have announced a new partnership aimed at supercharging the UK's electric infrastructure. EV charging platform, Monta, and EV charge point manufacturer, EN+, say the move will improve the number of public and private chargers accessible to drivers while unlocking new features for commercial operators.
Full profile interview
1 Feb 2022

open-seneca
open-seneca is a citizen science project dedicated to the mapping of air pollution.
Background
1 Feb 2022

Alphasense
Alphasense is a sensor technology company producing gas sensors for the air quality, gas safety and industrial applications.
1 Feb 2022

New Hydrogel Types, Applications, Opportunities
Gymnast of chemicals, the awesome hydrogel is a 3D network of hydrophilic polymers like a giant molecule that can swell in water and hold at least 10% of water while maintaining a well-defined structure. Medical hydrogels currently dominate hydrogel publicity, patents, and research but the rest will become a larger business 2022-2042.
1 Feb 2022

Full-Scale Offshore Charging Station for Vessels at Offshore Wind Farm
Maersk Supply Service, a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, is launching its offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom, to support the decarbonisation of the maritime industry by eliminating idle emissions. Together with Ørsted, Stillstrom will demonstrate the world's first full-scale offshore charging station for vessels at an offshore wind farm, scheduled for installation later this year.
1 Feb 2022

Extreme Exoplanet has a Complex and Exotic Atmosphere
Researchers have analyzed the atmosphere of one of the most extreme known planets in great detail. The results from this hot, Jupiter-like planet that was first characterized with the help of the CHEOPS space telescope, may help astronomers understand the complexities of many other exoplanets - including Earth-like planets.
1 Feb 2022

3D Printed Tags Classify and Store Data on Physical Objects
In place of the standard barcodes affixed to products, which may be removed or detached or become otherwise unreadable over time, these tags are unobtrusive (due to the fact that they are invisible) and far more durable, given that they're embedded within the interior of objects fabricated on standard 3D printers
1 Feb 2022

Tonnes of Used Face Masks to Be Turned into Energy
Researchers have developed a new technology for producing cost-effective batteries from medical waste. The authors of the research claim that their technology could turn waste that is difficult to recycle into raw materials, according to a study published in the Journal of Energy Storage.
1 Feb 2022

Kirigami Robotic Grippers Are Delicate Enough to Lift Egg Yolks
Engineering researchers have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a human hair. The work has applications for both soft robotics and biomedical technologies.
1 Feb 2022

Food Tracking AI System to Reduce Malnutrition in Care Homes
New technology could help reduce malnutrition and improve overall health in long-term care homes by automatically recording and tracking how much food residents consume.
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1 Feb 2022

InnovationLab's Battery Management Solution Uses Printed Sensors
InnovationLab announces BaMoS, its innovative battery monitoring solution for automotive applications. BaMoS uses ultra-thin printed pressure and temperature sensors to capture detailed battery data down to the individual cell level, which can be used to extend battery lifetime by up to 40%.