Take two issues that are often in the news these days — carbon capture and food miles. Would it not be possible to filter out impurities from coal-fired power station chimneys and re-direct the air...
In a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), scientists have documented the capacity of coastal habitats to bury and lock away carbon into soils and sediments.
The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus gave its first public demonstration at the National Exhibition Centre in October 2019 for visitors to the Coach & Bus UK show.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has submitted a proposal under the European Union’s (EU) NER300 funding mechanism to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its gas-fired power...
A consortium of UK engineering firms is proposing a barrage across the Severn estuary that could, it is projected, harness tidal energy to generate double the output of a nuclear power station.
The Iain Gray blogThe ‘Catapult’ concept of concentrating facilities and expertise in fast-growing sectors is beginning to bear fruit, as the chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board explains
AI is an incredibly powerful tool with the potential to transform many areas of our daily lives, but we mustn’t take our eye off the ball, says Emma Dennard, VP Northern Europe, OVHcloud.
A University of Florida engineer is the latest researcher to design a tiny, motion sensor, a development that could help popularize the sensors as standard equipment in a host of applications.
With a number of the UK’s abandoned coal mines being repurposed for green energy projects, Jon Excell asks whether the legacy of Britain’s polluting industrial past could hold the key to its low...
With the First World War almost over, The Engineer looked in detail at The Fokker Single-Seater Biplane: a German fighter designed to replace Fokker’s rather accident-prone triplane.
