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Offshore hydrogen production is now a reality after successful trials of a marine platform, according to the company behind the project.

A new sensor system can determine the age and purity of plastic waste to improve recycling rates, according to its developers.

The theme for 2024 is Enhanced By Engineering

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has successfully tested a high-power laser weapon on aerial targets for the first time.

A soldering process that uses light and nanoparticles to “gently fuse” tissue could prevent potentially life-threatening complications during wound healing, its developers have said.
Aimed at preventing wound healing disorders, the technique was developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) and ETH Zurich.

When it was founded in 1857, one of the objectives of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland was to give intelligent and experienced individuals from a wide range of backgrounds the opportunity to meet regularly and compare notes on the most pressing technical issues of the day. Over 165 years later members still meet and exchange observations on matters scientific and technical.

Abertay to be scientific lead in €3.8m study into European video games clusters

The UK and Canada have launched a new competition to find innovative technologies that could purify water buried beneath the lunar surfac

Aimed at making human habitation on the Moon viable, the £1.2m Aqualunar Challenge is funded by the UK Space Agency (UKSA) in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency and Impact Canada.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has successfully tested a high-power laser weapon on aerial targets for the first time.
Aimed at providing UK armed forces with an accurate weapon that reduces reliance on high-cost ammunition, the DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) was fired during trials at the MOD’s Hebrides Range off the northwest coast of Scotland.

A collaboration between the University of Glasgow’s Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), London residents and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has shown that some UK homes routinely go over recommended temperatures, even on comparatively cool days.

The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) has marked its fifth anniversary with a visit from Scotland's Minister for Energy and the Environment, Gillian Martin MSP.

A company using artificial intelligence (AI) to save billions of litres of water has partnered with University of the West of Scotland (UWS) to further enhance its technology. FIDO Tech are helping communities affected by water shortages and restrictions around the world - working with utility companies to protect UK resources and protecting water supplies for communities in Australia, America, Thailand and beyond.