White or reflective coverings on roofs are the best way to combat increasing urban heat, according to a new study from University College London.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has made a speech suggesting young people should be encouraged to study STEM subjects in preference to humanities because the job prospects are better. 

A trailblazing multi-disciplinary engineering research project is seeking ways to help structures and systems stand up to the stresses of earthquakes.

Cornell researchers hope to learn how certain bacteria that break down pollutants do their job and then to make them more effective.

The UK’s ability to develop innovative new hydrogen technologies will falter if it fails to produce more graduates specialising in renewable technologies.

Researchers at Bradford University are working on a two-year project to examine the extent to which sensory feedback affects the performance of artificial limbs.

Researchers in the US have shown how liquid crystals can be used to create compound lenses similar to those found in insects.

Researchers in the US are proposing a new centre to design technologies that will be needed to cool advanced computer chips.

The UK Research Councils’ SUPERGEN programme has launched a £5m UK initiative to support the development of technology to produce hydrogen energy

Applying energy-saving technologies to buildings would bring the biggest single reduction in the CO2 emissions of major cities, according to a major new study