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His Majesty The King Officially Opens The UK Space and Defence Gateway at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

His Majesty King Charles III visited the UK’s largest space cluster today to officially open the UK Space and Defence Gateway, an initiative aligned with the principles of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Astra Carta, a global framework launched by His Majesty, as Prince of Wales, to ensure the space sector supports a sustainable future. […]

Science and innovation, Space and satellites

Airbus Awarded Aeolus-2 Wind Sensing Satellite Contract by European Space Agency

Airbus Defence and Space has signed the initial contract for the design and build of the Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite from the European Space Agency (ESA) at a ceremony at ESA’s UK headquarters ECSAT at Harwell. Aeolus-2 will follow the first Aeolus wind sensing satellite, built by Airbus and launched in 2018. The first satellite…
Life sciences and health, Science and innovation

Study finds Arthritis origins may begin before birth

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth, offering new insight into why rheumatoid arthritis attacks particular joints while sparing others. “The embryonic origins of site-specific arthritis” published in Nature Immunology, provides new insight into one of the long-standing mysteries of rheumatoid arthritis: why inflammation…
Life sciences and health, Science and innovation

Oxford Nanopore wins the 2026 MacRobert Award for engineering innovation

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has been named winner of the 2026 MacRobert Award, the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious prize for engineering innovation, in recognition of its pioneering nanopore sequencing technology and its global impact. The award was presented on 8 July by HRH The Princess Royal, Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, at the…