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King Charles III at the groundbreaking for the New Whittle Laboratory

̽»¨Ö±²¥King breaks ground on Cambridge’s New Whittle Laboratory

09 May 2023

His Majesty ̽»¨Ö±²¥King visited the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge today, in his first public engagement following the Coronation.

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A jet engine turbine blade.

From atoms to jet engines – extreme materials on display at summer exhibition

30 Jun 2015

At any one time over half a million people are flying far above our heads in modern aircraft. Their lives depend on the performance of the special...

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Rotor

Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off

29 Jun 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Periodic Table may not sound like a list of ingredients but, for a group of materials scientists, it’s the starting point for designing the...

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Demonstrator aircraft

Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric

23 Dec 2014

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK...

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Airbus A350 XWB MSN001

Lighter planes are the future

16 Dec 2014

A global fleet of composite planes could reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 per cent, but the lighter planes alone will not enable the aviation...

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