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Working with nature can be a powerful tool to protect coastal areas

Comment: Turning to nature to protect coastal communities

FireSat will be able to detect fires measuring about 5x5m

Google’s FireSat constellation to detect early stage wildfires

Alternative fuels must be regulated in order to thrive, writes Jesse Fahnestock from the Global Maritime Forum

Comment: New shipping fuels need regulatory framework to thrive

Water companies can produce around 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of waste annually

The Engineer Q&A: ALL-Streams HTO – turning waste into resources

Participants wore tracking devices on their heads so movement could be monitored

UCL ‘art gallery’ experiment aims to inform better design of spaces

Electrodes can be inkjet-printed onto the fabric of garments to provide power to wearable technologies

Inkjet-printed micro-supercapacitors offer viable power source to e-textiles

The research team led by Principal Researcher Seungmin Hyun (right) conducting an experiment to evaluate the performance of the seawater-based energy harvester

Researchers develop seawater-based energy harvester

Hinkley's mandated AFD could save 182 million fish per year

Comment: Hinkley Point C must deploy mandated protections for fish

Water companies can produce around 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of waste annually

Anglian Water to develop resources from waste

Roughly 2.2 billion people worldwide have no access to clean water

Natural water cycle inspires solar powered desalination plant

Biochar produced at the new facility could be used to improve soil health

UK’s largest biochar facility set to open in Wiltshire

The award is presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured) and the MacRobert Trust

Royal Academy of Engineering launches Green Future Fellowships