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Dundee Repertory Theatre could be next in line to be granted A-listed status, as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) proposes to designate the building.

A robotic boat has been used for the first time to survey fish populations around oil platforms in the North Sea.

The survey was part of a project, involving the University of Strathclyde, which looked at the effects of decommissioning oil and gas structures on marine ecosystems.

A new consortium has been formed to support the deployment of renewable technology that can produce carbon-neutral energy from previously unharnessed power. The Scottish wind energy consortium between Katrick Technologies, AGS Airports Limited (AGS) and the University of Strathclyde will enable a faster transition to clean power by exploiting low-level wind energy.

The University of Glasgow is building a world-leading facility to test 6G after securing a £2.6m equipment grant.

The facility will be the first of its kind in the world to test prototype devices’ ability to process the complex signals and waveforms underpinning 6G.

He was the Scottish inventor hailed as “the father of the steam engine” – and now Boris Johnson’s decision to lay the blame for the climate crisis at his door has been condemned as hot air.

Additive manufacturing and machining engineers at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) which is operated by the University of Strathclyde, joined by six other companies, have created a low-cost remanufacturing solution that can extend the life of parts used within manufacturing by 120%, helping UK manufacturers to embrace the circular economy, boost sustainability, and save costs.

A major project to develop wind turbine blade recycling in Britain for the first time has been given the go-ahead after winning a UK Government grant.

Work on robots that can work underground and limit the need for roads to be dug up is to be carried out at a new research facility, BT said.

Although the largest slice of fusion R&D funding is concentrated on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France, private-sector investment is also growing rapidly.

The Spirit of Innovation aeroplane hit a top speed of 623km/h (387.4mph) during flights on Tuesday (16 November), the UK company said. It has submitted data to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which controls and certifies world aeronautical and astronautical records.

The challenges of worldwide vaccine roll-out are many and varied, with vaccine ‘hoarding’ by rich nations facing considerable criticism. Administration itself is a significant barrier – typically, patients must visit clinics, hospitals or vaccination centres, where a trained professional removes the vaccine from cold storage and injects it into the arm. Could that process be simplified?

Carbon emissions from Hinkley Point C nuclear power station are set to be lower than wind and solar power, according to a new analysis.