Transport minister Jacques Barrot is using all his political skills in an attempt to impose harmony on Europe’s eclectic transport systems. Stuart Nathan reports.
The new government has announced that the budget for the UK’s upcoming clean energy auction is increasing by £500m to a record figure of £1.5bn.
In-Comm Training has been appointed as a key delivery partner to the £12m Supplier Skills Programme (SSP) in the West Midlands.
Danish renewable energy company Ørsted has set a mandate for all its suppliers to use 100 per cent electricity by 2025.
Large infrastructure projects such as nuclear new-build could be undermined by a lack of engineers, according to a report launched by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Government efforts to rebuild the UK’s steel sector have been bolstered with the launch of a new Steel Council that will advise on the upcoming Steel Strategy.
Engineers at the Australian National University (ANU) have won a A$3.1m (£2.063m) grant from the Australian federal government to make a plasma thruster engine ready for spaceflight.
Researchers in the US have created a new type of solar glass that changes from clear to tinted as it heats up and produces electricity.
A programme backed by the US Navy is exploring the use of electromagnetism to create a water cloak that would diminish a vessel’s wake and drag.
Researchers in Israel and the US have developed a multi-Organ-on-a-Chip that is claimed to overcome bottlenecks that hinder the development and approval of medicines.
