The UK's first ever robotics competition for girls was launched at King's last month. The Girls Robotics Challenge sees teams of female students aged 12–16 from schools in London design, code, and build their own robots, under the supervision of King's students, to complete space exploration-themed challenges.

Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time which could free up more space in the robotic ‘brain’ for them to ‘think’.

Scientists have developed affordable and customisable digital badges to help those with aphasia navigate public transport and everyday life without stigma.

Paige West speaks with Yang Gao, Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London about robots in extreme environments.

Scientists have developed the world’s strongest iron-based superconducting magnet using AI, in what could be a breakthrough for affordable MRI machines and the future of electrified transport. 

Scientists have developed a new solar-powered system to convert saltwater into fresh drinking water which they say could help reduce dangerous waterborne diseases like cholera.

The Department of Engineering has partnered with UK-headquartered semiconductor design and software platform company Arm and the UK Electronic Skills Foundation (UKESF) in a £500,000 UK Research and Innovation funded programme to address the semiconductor skills gap in the UK.

Researchers from King’s College London have revealed major age and race biases in autonomous vehicles’ detection systems, in what could prompt a major re-think of the future of driverless cars.

A study by researchers at King's College London has found that patients with diabetes suffering from the early stages of kidney disease have a deficiency of the protective 'anti-ageing' hormone, Klotho. The study, published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]), suggests that Klotho may play a significant role in the development of kidney disease, which is often prevalent in pati...

Cancer Research UK scientists have used imaging techniques as a way to identify patients who could benefit from certain breast cancer treatments, according to a study published in Oncotarget. The team at King's College London, in collaboration with scientists at the CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, used fluorescence lifetime imaging to confirm if they have joined together.

An app called QUiPP could help doctors to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely. The app, developed at King’s College London, was tested in two studies of high-risk women being monitored at antenatal clinics. Worldwide 15m babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks) each year and over a million of these die of prematurity-related complications.