A research team from the University of California, Riverside, has developed a method of converting infrared light from the sun into solar energy, potentially making solar panels up to 30 per cent more...
The government is being urged to ‘stop dancing around its handbag’ and make a final investment decision on the building of Sizewell C nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast.
A multi-university research team has simplified the structure of high-efficiency blue organic light-emitting diodes, an advance that could lead to longer-lasting and higher definition television...
Unmanned aerial vehicles are changing the nature of 21st century warfare. Tim Ripley looks at a new generation of much smaller craft that can be carried to the frontline in backpacks and launched by...
UK researchers have developed a robot fingertip that creates signals similar to the brain activity associated with human touch. Science fiction author, Gareth L. Powell, explores the possible...
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Sembcorp Marine, Glasgow University and University of Glasgow Singapore (UGS) are to collaborate on new hull designs for large...
Engineers, with their clear and objective mindset, have a role to play in helping take some of the anger and name-calling out of the public debate, writes our anonymous blogger.
A spin-out company from Queen’s University, Belfast is developing a variety of innovative products using advances in photocatalysts - from antibacterial plastic films and water purifying systems, to...
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