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A new network co-led by the Director of Abertay cyberQuarter aims to strengthen cybersecurity, realise the benefits of emerging technologies and better prepare society against future cyber threats.

The Cyber Security Research and Networking Environment (CRANE) NetworkPlus, led by the University of Oxford, is supported by a £6 million investment from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

A breakthrough in material science could help deliver a new generation of affordable batteries, scientists say.

Interference (excess noise) to quantum signals from sunlight has slowed down the creation of a global scale quantum communications network – but now physicists at Heriot-Watt University have proposed a way to tackle this ‘daylight noise’ issue, paving the way for all-day satellite transmission.

British Geological Survey research, commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland, reveals an opportunity to re-establish the Scottish building stone market in order to maintain the country’s historic buildings.

The UK government should develop an integrated materials strategy to reduce demand, reuse and recycle critical materials to support the UK’s existing Net Zero Strategy and improve economic security, according to a new report by the National Engineering Policy Centre, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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