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The latest inductees into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame have been announced at the James Watt Dinner! 

 A Past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering is one of four new members of the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame

Glasgow Caledonian is lending its expertise in renewable energy and sustainable fashion to a ground-breaking project in South Africa.

The development could enable precise, relatively low-risk treatment of brain aneurysms, which cause around 500,000 deaths globally each year. The medical condition – a blood-filled bulge on a brain artery that can rupture and cause fatal bleeds – can also lead to stroke and disability.

CIC’s Climate Change Committee (Workstream 10) working with the Edge think tank, the support of the University College for Estate Management (UCEM) and an industry-wide Advisory Panel has developed a draft Competence Framework for sustainability in the built environment.

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.

A solid-oxide cell developed by Ceres Power has a uniquely appealing feature – running in one direction, it generates low-carbon electricity from multiple fuels, while running in the other direction it produces ‘green’ hydrogen from renewable energy and steam.

Petroineos is planning to cease operations at the Grangemouth refinery, Scotland’s last, and transition to a finished fuels import terminal and distribution hub.

Money, time, expertise and a welcome planning environment will all be needed to meet targets in years to come

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that conservation works have begun at Kisimul Castle.

In 1940, the paddle steamer PS Waverley was sunk while ferrying British troops back from Dunkirk. Its replacement, also called the PS Waverley, was built in Glasgow in 1946 and like its predecessor takes its name from Sir Walter Scott’s first novel. It was built for the London & North Eastern Railway for the Firth of Clyde steamer route, which ran from Craigendoran Pier near Helensburgh up Loch Long to Arrochar.

IES have launched another sparkling programme of lectures for the next session

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Green hydrogen and battery-powered planes offer the promise of zero-carbon flight, but they are far from ready for widescale deployment. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could be a more straightforward swap-in for fossil fuels in the shorter term.