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AI for Science Strategy

Artificial Intelligence has been, for lack of a better word, disruptive.
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Vision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy

Research and Business Engagement Lead for Advanced Metals Processing, Dr. Richard Dawidek, reflects on the recently released Critical Minerals Strategy
New Year Post - Welcome to the Community: Royce at the ±¬ÁÏTV

Happy New Year from Royce at the ±¬ÁÏTV

Welcome to 2026 and our first official post from the team. Our ambition is to bring together the advance materials community.

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Professor Alice Pyne has received the 2026 BBS Louise Johnson Early Career Award

Professor Pyne has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to the field of biophysics and will present an invited lecture on her work at the 2026 British Biophysical Society (BBS) Biennial meeting in Glasgow.
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Official opening of the Royce Discovery Centre at ±¬ÁÏTV

The new state-of-the-art research facility, the Royce Discovery Centre, in partnership with the Henry Royce Institute and ±¬ÁÏTV, officially opened on 20th April 2022.

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Next gen materials to boost UK manufacturing set to be produced by new research centre

The next generation of materials to meet the needs of UK manufacturing are set to be developed by a new state-of-the-art research centre that has officially opened today (20 April 2022).
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Redefining data management for materials researchers

Data Management for Materials Researchers, a one-day Henry Royce Institute workshop, connected 150 people virtually to address challenges researchers face in current data management practises.
A diagram explaining the hub and spoke links between the systems that currently benefit from the digitisation of materials science.

A materials data curation system - development of a core framework for materials 4.0 in academia

Materials 4.0 is currently very high up the materials research agenda. Dr Ben Thomas from our Department of Materials Science, explains how we are adopting digital tools and technologies in manufacturing and developing a materials data framework.
Sam Lister fills a FAST-Forge mould with titanium swarf

Swarf titanium to engine parts in 3 steps

Creating a Step-Change in the Economics of Titanium.