Braude team places in the top 10 at the international iGEM finals
The iGEM team finished top ten out of more than 350 entries in Paris with a bacterial biosensor that flags heavy-metal contamination by changing colour.
News category: Awards
Advanced materials research wins the annual faculty prize
Work on self-healing composites for wind turbine blades has taken this year annual faculty research prize, recognising four years of laboratory work and two industrial pilots. The composite reseals micro-cracks under operating temperature, which is where blade maintenance costs concentrate over a turbine service life.