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Dundee experts join projects powering a net zero future in Scotland 

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03 December 2024

University of Dundee projects are among a series of carbon-cutting collaborations aimed at making life in Scotland more sustainable.

Country Tracker exposes vast variety of energy transitions 

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30 November 2024

An insightful new cut of the data sets behind the EI Statistical Review of World Energy has been published, highlighting the complex variety of energy and emissions stories unfolding in economies around the world.

How engineering firms balance safety measures and cost 

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28 November 2024

Engineering firms have a duty to take reasonable measures to ensure that everybody who comes into contact with their operations is unharmed by them. This has a cost, and those in charge of health and safety must decide what to spend.

New recruits 'lack skills for digital transformation', large manufacturing companies complain 

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25 November 2024

Large manufacturing employers are complaining that new recruits lack the skills needed for digital transformation, according to the head of a major trade organisation.

Keeping cool in the future demands new questions now 

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21 November 2024

Meeting growing global cooling energy demand will require a radical rethink of the essential role of cooling across large parts of the world. So argues Professor Toby Peters from the University of Birmingham.

IES Members visit to Howdens 

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19 November 2024

IES members recently visited Howdens ( now part of Chart Industries) in Glasgow 

CROSS-UK issues a critical Safety Alert: Smoke vents rendered inoperable by building work 

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18 November 2024

This Alert draws attention to the safety risks associated with preventing the operation of smoke vents, in particular Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs), by construction work on existing buildings.

The British Science Festival will be heading to Liverpool in 2025 

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15 November 2024

The British Science Association (BSA), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Liverpool are pleased to announce that the British Science Festival for 2025 will take place in Liverpool across five days next September.

HS2, hydrogen and skills: 3 key points for engineering in the 2024 autumn budget 

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12 November 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to “turn the page on the last 14 years” as she set out the first Labour budget since 2010 today (30 October).

Heriot-Watt University breaks ground on new £2.5M Optical Ground Station 

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10 November 2024

Work has started on a new Quantum Communications Hub Optical Ground Station (HOGS), a state-of-the-art telescope which is being built on Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park.

NHS lab specimens delivered over Firth of Clyde by drone for first time 

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06 November 2024

Project CAELUS is continuing to break new ground for Scotland with drones flying laboratory samples across the Firth of Clyde for the first time.

UofG physicists play key roles in new observation of quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet 

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05 November 2024

Researchers from the School of Physics & Astronomy have played a leading role in an experiment which has opened up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics using data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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