The UK will only be able to use gas as a ‘bridge’ to a lower-carbon future to a very limited extent, and even this depends on significant government action, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)...
Televisions that do not consume any power in standby mode, and batteries for sensors that can last up to 10 times longer, could be possible thanks to a chip that only switches on in response to a...
Research led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory could lead to nanoscale diamonds being used in mobile phones to allow them to operate at a much higher...
The Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) has announced the award of contracts worth £333m to companies across the UK to help to build the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
From curious technical challenges to the mega-trends shaping industry’s future, delegates to The Engineer Conference 2014 left with plenty to think about. Here are nine things that jumped out at us.
Researchers in the US have taken their inspiration from nature to develop a special coating that they claim could pave the way for devices able to harness sunlight to split hydrogen fuel from water.
A number of communities across England are being drawn in to accepting offers of goodwill payments from wind farm developers, according to a new Campaign to Protect Rural England survey.
Private company Moon Express has been granted permission by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the first ever commercial mission to the Moon, due to take place next year.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a smart material activated by heat and electricity, an advance claimed to be the first to respond to two different stimuli.
Toyota GB is recalling a number of its iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering (EPS) system.
