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Energy & environment

A week of transport icons

Sensor allows plant hormone to be seen in plant tissues

Is shale gas all it's 'fracked' up to be?

Flow model predicts behaviour of shale gas reservoirs

Survey suggests that UK adults undervalue engineering

Lola-Drayson electric racing car unveiled

UK government set to invest in tidal-energy demonstration

Competition encourages young women to become engineers

Biodiesel production method could reduce fuel's drawbacks

Inexpensive sensor can warn of lithium-ion battery failure

Chemical energy development could lead to 'insect cyborgs'

Electric vehicles: a numbers game