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Carbon nanotechnology

How carbon cousins shaped warfare and can electrify the future

13 Jun 2014

What links legendarily sharp Damascene swords of the past with flexible electronics and high-performance electrical wiring of the future? They all...

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Ultrafast laser etching of glass for microfluidic systems

Small is beautiful: why ultra precision manufacturing is such a big deal

12 Jun 2014

Developing advanced materials is only part of the journey that leads to new technologies – we also need to manufacture them with ultra precision. The...

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Steel’s inner strength

09 Jun 2014

A long-term collaboration between the University and industry has resulted in a super-strong form of steel, which is now being manufactured in the UK...

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Advanced materials: one of the UK's “eight great technologies” for future growth

02 Jun 2014

Today, we commence a month-long focus on research on advanced materials. To begin, materials scientist Professor Mark Blamire and engineer Professor...

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Want to avoid another Rana Plaza? Pay more for your clothes

24 Apr 2014

On the anniversary of the collapse of Bangladeshi garment factory Rana Plaza, in which 1,129 people died, Dr Kamal Munir says the West needs to re-...

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Airbus A380 Final Assembly Line

Streamlining manufacturing

11 Oct 2013

The small plastic tags developed by a University spin-out are helping make modern assembly lines up to ten per cent more efficient, by tracking...

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Factory

The shape of things to come

02 Oct 2013

Researchers are providing a vision for creatively rethinking how the manufacturing industry can perform sustainably in a changing world.

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Green lego

Water waste! Manufacturers look to go green

22 Jul 2013

Programme launched to revolutionise green credentials of UK manufacturing

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A drive travels down the manufacturing line

‘Mid-sized’ firms key to UK manufacturing

29 Apr 2013

A new report suggests that global production shift to Asia may have “run its course” and points to “undervalued” mid-sized manufacturing firms as...

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Engineers as Superheroes

Who wants to be an engineer?

22 Mar 2012

Some of our most brilliant inventions came about by mistake. The Institute for Manufacturing opened its doors to children aged five upwards for the...

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Final assembly at the Lotus Cars factory, Hethel, Norfolk.

Job security and pay fears at heart of manufacturing’s “image problem”

08 Mar 2012

Misplaced fears about job security and low pay could thwart efforts to strengthen British manufacturing and rebalance the economy, a new analysis of...

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Microcapsules

‘Smart’ microcapsules in a single step

10 Feb 2012

A new, single-step method of fabricating microcapsules, which have potential commercial applications in industries including medicine, agriculture...

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