Consumer enthusiasm for electric cars has failed to ignite as concerns around the cost of running and maintaining the vehicles prove too high a risk for buyers, according to a new report from KPMG.
MPs from all three major political parties have called on the government to develop a cross-departmental industrial policy in order to encourage long-term manufacturing growth and help rebalance the...
Changing the way materials respond to magnetism could produce more secure and durable memory systems
Until now, tidal energy generation has been costly and difficult to engineer. The new MaxBLADE project in Scotland is set to change that, writes Conchúr Ó Brádaigh, professor of engineering at the...
The Dublin Fire Brigade is using mobile communication technology originally developed for astronauts on the International Space Station to get crucial information about emergency situations while en...
An Industrial Design and Technology student at Brunel University has designed a device that is set to reduce the number of crashes on the roads due to driver fatigue.
The latest IPCC report finds that there are ‘options in all sectors’ to at least halve emissions by 2030, but ‘deep and immediate’ action is required to make it happen.
The European Investment Bank has agreed to support production of Nissan’s first electric car to be built in Europe and the company’s first European production of electric vehicle batteries.
In reply to your article 'Plenty in the tank' regarding the continuing use of the internal combustion engine to power road vehicles, alongside the pursuit of electric cars, the UK is heading towards a...
The UK lacks the necessary skills to achieve the Government’s target of producing 10% of our electricity from renewable energy sources by 2010, according to an independent report published today by...
