Engineers at Surrey Space Centre are developing a platform to demonstrate the viability of using drag on a sail to de-orbit small satellites and other space debris.

The UK Coal Authority has awarded licences to Clean Coal to investigate the potential for underground coal gasification at five offshore sites in Britain.

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is to cut its British workforce by 1,200 in an attempt to mitigate losses caused by the economic downturn.

Researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo have programmed bacteria found in wastewater to degrade PET, a common polymer that contributes significantly to microplastic pollution.

Companies and institutions are being invited to bid for a share of £5m in government funding to develop technologies that produce hydrogen from sustainable biomass and waste.

Technology developed at Sheffield University to blast fallen leaves from rail tracks with dry ice is a step closer to commercial rollout following recent trials.

A Finnish pilot facility to create cellulose films that can replace the plastic used for food wrapping has received a €1.5m investment to scale up production.

Underground mapping startup Exodigo has raised over £82m from its latest funding round to help bring artificial intelligence to the UK infrastructure industry.

Almost nine in ten UK business leaders are planning to invest in innovative technologies such as AI despite testing economic conditions, according to new research.

A research consortium led by Dundee University has been awarded a £2m grant to explore means of generating and supplying power to rural areas in developing countries.