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An internationally-respected academic from University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has been named as a winner of the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) awards.

A sound-suppressing silk engineered to fight noise pollution could also prevent eavesdropping on private conversations, according to an acoustics expert.

Ambitious manufacturing businesses across Glasgow City Region are set to benefit from £14 million ‘levelling up’ funding for three research and development (R&D) projects aiming to upskill the workforce, boost sustainability and productivity and accelerate local economic growth.

A new study, which finds that onshore wind farms are capable of offsetting the carbon emissions generated across their entire lifespan within two years, “underscores the environmental efficiency of onshore wind farms and their important role in the energy transition”.

‘Engineering’ is mentioned only once in all of the party manifestos published ahead of the general election.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has renewed its four-year £9m Engineering Design Services Framework with nine companies.

The University of Glasgow is welcoming guests from around the world to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lord Kelvin.

A new report by Robert Gordon University (RGU) has revealed that the UK will fail to achieve a ‘just and fair’ transition by 2030 unless there is urgent alignment across the political spectrum to sustain UK offshore energy industry jobs, supply chain investments and the economic contribution of the workforce.

Icelandic company ON Power is supplying the renewable geothermal energy to power the DAC process, in which fans draw atmospheric air through a filter that selectively captures CO2. When the filter is full, it is heated to 100oC, and it is released from the filter and mixed with water. As part of the Carbfix process, the aqueous solution is pumped underground, where it reacts with basaltic rock, turns into stone, where it remains. The whole process is verified and certified by independent third parties, report Climeworks.

6,000 engineering jobs are projected to be created in Ireland in 2024, according to a new report by Engineers Ireland.

According to Transport & Environment non-CO2 effects account for approximately two-thirds of aviation’s total climate impact, but no mitigation measures have so far made it into the EU’s aviation climate package, with some airlines even opposing the monitoring of contrails altogether.

A number of new developments have been announced that support the development of the hydrogen supply chain in Europe and the Middle East. Among latest projects, RWE plans to develop a green hydrogen project in Scotland; a new cooperation agreement will see the Port of Rotterdam establish itself as an international hydrogen hub for north-west Europe; and Cepsa’s latest award of contracts underpin its Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley project in Spain. Also, new developments support Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC’s goal of capturing 5% of the global low-carbon hydrogen market by 2030.