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Welcome to our new series where the Cross-sector Battery Systems Innovation Network talks to experts to explore challenges and innovations shaping battery technologies across both automotive and non-automotive markets. In this article, we examine how new silicon anode technology can make batteries last longer, charge faster, and help speed up the shift to electric vehicles.

Innovate UK is excited to bring together businesses working in sustainable materials, construction and circular economy in the build industry.

Plasma Fresh, a University of Liverpool spin-out, is pioneering cold plasma sterilisation to tackle pathogens in food production without chemicals or excess water. The team recently raised £1 million to scale its technology and bring safer, more sustainable solutions to the food industry.

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Lancashire-based Envirovue is reshaping the waste management industry with a technology-led approach that reduces cost, waste and carbon emissions.

London-based EcoWise has developed a solution that provides the means to assemble the ‘golden thread of information’ required for building safety in the UK from 2026. The digital signature-enabled logbook system ensures traceability and accountability from construction products through to entire buildings.

Cambridge-based Qkine is helping shape the future of stem cell and regenerative medicine with its highly pure proteins, vital components that give scientists the consistency needed to develop new therapies and sustainable technologies more quickly and reliably.

London and Cambridge-based Panakeia Technologies is pioneering artificial intelligence (AI)-driven molecular profiling through its PANProfiler platform. Starting with breast and colorectal cancer, it is changing the way diseases are diagnosed, delivering vital test results in minutes instead of weeks.