Backpack-sized, solar-charged device takes fibre-making out of the laboratory - and off the grid
Backpack-sized, solar-charged device takes fibre-making out of the laboratory - and off the grid

Backpack-sized, solar-charged device takes fibre-making out of the laboratory - and off the grid

UCL researchers have developed a portable, solar-charged device that can manufacture medical-grade fibres anywhere in the world without any connection to mains electricity.

11 Aug 2026

£8 million gift to create quantum institute at UCL
£8 million gift to create quantum institute at UCL

£8 million gift to create quantum institute at UCL

The new David Potter Institute for Quantum Information and Spacetime, established thanks to a landmark award from the David and Elaine Potter Foundation, will seek to reconcile quantum mechanics.

10 Aug 2026

RESILIENCE wins Gold Award at Learning Technologies 2025
RESILIENCE wins Gold Award at Learning Technologies 2025

RESILIENCE wins Gold Award at Learning Technologies 2025

The RESILIENCE project, established by UCL Biochemical Engineering, was recognised by the Learning Technologies Awards as the best learning technologies project in the public and non-profit sector

29 Jul 2026