The Institute of Physics’ first Lee Lucas Award honours two start-ups, Nebu~Flow and Cellular Highways, for applying physics to healthcare and medicine
Read article: Therapeutics firms share inaugural prize for health physics
Electric bikes are all the rage, but James McKenzie wonders if the future lies with a minimalist kit that can be retrofitted to an ordinary bicycle
Read article: The e-bike revolution
Frazer-Nash Manufacturing is a trusted partner for industry and scientific customers seeking precision engineering services and low-volume production of specialist parts
Read article: Specialist manufacturing: gearing up for growth in the research marketplace
Explore the latest technology white papers from physics-based industry in materials science, detector technology and microscopy
Read article: White papers: Bruker Nano, Dectris and Park Systems
Richard Bray says the protection of new ideas remains crucial now, just as it did before the COVID-19 pandemic
Read article: Innovation must continue in a COVID-19 world
TTP’s multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers work with a diverse client base to invent, design and develop new products and technologies with lasting commercial impact
Read article: Multidisciplinary collaboration: the engine-room of opportunity
Accidental discoveries lie at the heart of many technological innovations. James McKenzie runs through his favourites
Read article: From Post-it Notes to microwaves – why serendipity lies at the heart of innovation
How fundamental research on adaptive optics led Martin Booth, Patrick Salter and Andrew Rimmer to start a company that uses lasers to create microscopic marks inside diamonds
Read article: Making their mark
Powerful blue lasers are producing the high-quality copper welds needed to make batteries for electric vehicles, as Richard Stevenson reports
Read article: The blue solution
Cryogenics specialist ICEoxford has reinforced its international reputation for product innovation with a 2020 Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Read article: Some like it cold: cryogenic innovation forges quantum opportunities
