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Identification of O2 formation: enabling O-redox technology in Li-ion batteries
Dr Robert House from the University of Oxford discusses how the identification of O2 formation and its role in voltage hysteresis will inform and direct future material design efforts towards enabling O-redox technology in the next generation of Li-ion batteries
UK-based researchers will develop a new hydrogen propulsion system for sub-regional aircraft
A UK-based collaboration programme, worth £54m, will develop the first hydrogen propulsion system for GKN Aerospace’s sub-regional aircraft.
New semi-closed containment aquaculture system combines land and ocean farming
FiiZK has developed a semi-closed containment aquaculture system which is much like a land-based system at sea, with solid outer wall.
ESA’s priorities and how COVID-19 affected the space agency
Jan Wörner, spoke to The Innovation Platform's Clifford Holt about ESA's priorities during his five years of working there.
Two teenagers have discovered four new exoplanets
Two teenagers from the US have discover four new exoplanets through the Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship programme.
New low-cost sensitive devices could be used in diagnostics of human breath
Researchers have designed an 'electronic nose' to demonstrate their new devices, which be used for noninvasive diagnostics of human breath.
Scientists create a new rocket thruster based on the mechanism behind solar flares
A type of rocket thruster that exploits the mechanism behind solar flares has been proposed by a physicist at the US Department of Energy.
Fermented food waste can boost healthy plant bacteria and increase crop growth
Scientists have discovered fermented food waste can boost bacteria that increase crop growth, making plants more resistant to pathogens.
ERC 2020: the challenge of remotely navigating mobile robots
Agnieszka Mrozowska discusses the highlights of the ERC 2020 competition, which involved Innovation News Network as a media partner, holding it up as an example of how the space sector can adapt to the new reality
Laser-printed graphene-electrode biosensor can detect blood disorders
Scientists have designed a high-performance laser-printed graphene-electrode biosensor, that can be used to detect blood disorders.











