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Industry leaders call for UK to lead on energy transition after Trump pull out
Added: 2 Jun 2017
Industry bodies reacted with dismay to US president Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw his countr…
More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators
Added: 30 May 2017
Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…
Academies: Brexit will see multi-million pound gap in STEM research support
Added: 24 May 2017
Britain’s departure from the European Union will leave a significant gap in support for the country…
Graphene breakthrough could massively cut nuclear energy costs
Added: 9 May 2017
Manchester University researchers are claiming a breakthrough that could reduce the CO2 emissions a…
Engineers challenge Westminster with their own manifesto
Added: 8 May 2017
Greater use of engineering skills can solve a host of the UK’s most pressing social issues, includi…
Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…
Energy efficiency ‘most important area’ for government to focus on, report finds
Added: 24 Apr 2017
Improving energy efficiency is the “single most important area” for the government to focus on if i…
Managing the impact of extreme rainfall events
Added: 2 Feb 2017
The changing climate is affecting the day-to-day operations of industrial businesses, with the risk…
Fracking can be developed while ‘preserving natural beauty’, study finds
Added: 17 Jan 2017
A study published by UKOOG, the trade body for the onshore oil and gas industry, reveals shale gas …
Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…
Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park
Added: 29 Nov 2016
Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…
New nuclear waste disposal research ‘could save millions’
Added: 19 Nov 2016
A team of scientists has completed a body of research on radioactive isotopes, which could be used …
Case study: data tool brings speedier analysis to energy-from-waste site
Added: 2 Nov 2016
A fresh approach to data analysis has reaped benefits at a large energy-from-waste facility in West…
Waste & environment: the growing importance of emissions monitoring
Added: 1 Nov 2016
Tracking rogue emissions from industrial processes is becoming an increasingly high-tech endeavour,…
‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …
Report suggests UK reliant on unproven emissions technologies
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A perspective published in the journal Science suggests the Paris Agreement and the carbon-reductio…
‘Action needed’ on carbon targets and energy security
Added: 14 Oct 2016
According to a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK must take concrete action to…
Norway invests £130m in CCS
Added: 10 Oct 2016
The Norwegian government has announced plans to invest NOK 1,314 million (£130m) in developing carb…
Viewpoint: sniffing out a solution to foul food smells
Added: 4 Oct 2016
Foul odours caused by poor wastewater management can result in a variety of problems for food and b…
