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  • OpenAI unveils GPT-5 with new personalities and fewer hallucinations

    OpenAI has released a new upgrade to ChatGPT that promises to offer users “a significant leap in intelligence” over previous models.

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  • New ESA satellite to monitor weather, climate and air quality ready for mid-August lift-off

    The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) weather satellite with its payload of six instruments has been sealed inside the Ariane 6 rocket’s fairing ahead of lift-off on 13 August.

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  • Italy approves plans for world's longest suspension bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy

    The Italian government has greenlit a €13.5bn project to build the longest suspension bridge in the world.

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  • Apple commits $100bn to American chipmaking to shield against import tariffs

    Apple plans to invest $100bn (£75bn) over the next four years in developing US-based chip production facilities as part of a deal announced by the White House.

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    E+T Magazine in Management of Technology
  • US proposes new rule to scrap drone regulations and ‘unleash American dominance’

    The Trump administration has announced a draft regulation that could see drone deliveries take off.

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  • Britons face cyber-attack surge as UK becomes most targeted country in Europe

    The UK has faced a significant increase in cyber attacks in recent months, making it the third most targeted country in the world after the US and Cananda.

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  • Australia’s largest battery project comes online to prevent blackouts and boost grid capacity

    A battery project that can reactively stabilise the grid has come online in New South Wales in Australia.

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  • Europe’s first driverless train begins passenger testing on open track in Czech Republic

    Europe’s first driverless train has begun ferrying passengers between two Czech towns, with lidar and cameras replacing a human operator.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Ultrasound breakthrough enables rapid wireless charging of implantable medical devices

    South Korean researchers have developed an ultrasound-based wireless charging technology capable of fully charging an implantable medical device within two hours.

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    E+T Magazine in Biotechnology
  • New circuit breaker design could unlock the use of direct current in the power grid

    Researchers have developed a new semiconductor-based circuit breaker that could enable broader integration of direct current into the electric grid.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Skyrora becomes first UK firm licensed to operate launch rockets from Scotland spaceport

    Rocket and space technology company Skyrora has received its UK Civil Aviation Authority licence for suborbital launches from Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Three-quarters of UK and Ireland’s ‘underutilised’ energy grid could support more capacity

    Around 74% of electricity distribution networks in the UK and Ireland are underutilised, new analysis by Neara reveals.

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    E+T Magazine in Power Equipment
  • Rolls-Royce SMR signs deals with Czech and UK firms for global small modular reactor fleet

    Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a deal with Czech firm Škoda JS, a nuclear component manufacturer owned by power company ČEZ Group, and Curtiss-Wright’s UK-based nuclear business.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Flexible perovskite solar cells able to maintain high efficiency – even in humid conditions

    A South Korean research team has developed a new material for high-efficiency flexible perovskite solar cells that can be manufactured even in high humidity.

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • Rhino horns injected with traceable radioactive material to fight poaching

    A South African project is making rhino horns traceably radioactive to deter poaching before it starts.

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  • High labour costs and skills shortages hampering UK growth, new report finds

    High employment costs outrank energy bills as the reason SMEs feel pressured to raise prices, according to a new report from Enginuity.

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  • Humans inhale up to 68,000 airborne microplastics daily in homes and cars, study finds

    Microplastics exposure indoors could be 100 times higher than previously estimated, according to a study.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • National Grid invests £8bn in regional substation upgrades for decarbonised energy grid

    The National Grid will allocate £8bn to regional delivery partners for substation construction across England

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • Nasa awards $177m contract to deliver rovers and sensors to Moon’s south pole by 2029

    Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $177m NASA contract to deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Photosynthetic algae can convert CO₂ into high-performance carbon fibre composites

    Researchers have taken a ‘major step’ towards sustainable industrial carbon fibre production using CO₂-absorbing microalgae.

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    E+T Magazine in Biotechnology
  • French floating solar system for near-shore use gains marine classification

    French clean-tech company HelioRec has reached a significant certification milestone for its near-shore floating solar system.

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • Paralysed woman writes her name using thought in Neuralink clinical trial

    A woman fitted with a chip in her brain has been able to write her name for the first time in 20 years using only her thoughts.

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  • Is gaming tech on the brink of a new golden age?

    The pace of gaming innovation between the years 1990 and 2010 saw a drastic shift from 2d sprites moving linearly across flat la

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  • Harnessing medicinal power of natural products

    Cloning technologies are being used to uncover the hidden medicines hiding in soil bacteria. You do not need to go too far back in recent history to find yourself in the golden age of medicine – a time when life-saving drugs were being discovered and developed at an unprecedented rate. Having been kick-started by the discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, scientists spent the majority of the 20th century harvesting antibiotics, anticancer drugs and immunosuppressants from microbes living in the soil beneath our feet. These so-called natural products (NPs) were not just a source of new treatments; they formed the backbone of modern medicine. More than 500 life-saving treatments discovered during this golden age are still improving lives today – from penicillin, which remains a cornerstone…

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