Swedish company Northvolt plans massive battery factory
Posted on 18 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Northvolt AB, a newly-founded Swedish company is raising funds to build a massive battery manufacturing complex.
Environmental Sustainability
World’s largest nuclear waste site to use new safer storage method
Posted on 8 Mar 2017 by Aiden Burgess
A Rutgers University researcher has developed a new method which could help store radioactive nuclear waste for millions of years by turning it into glass. Stuttgart moves to ban most diesel cars
Posted on 23 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
The German city of Stuttgart is reportedly taking moves to ban diesel-fuelled vehicles from certain parts of the city.
Japanese scientists demonstrate ‘drone bee’ prototype
Posted on 20 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A group of Japanese researchers have successfully demonstrated that a small 'drone bee' can be used to artificially pollinate flowers.
Harvard researchers develop battery that could last a decade
Posted on 14 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Researchers at Harvard University in the United States have made a key advancement in battery technology which could allow the devices to last for years with maintenance.
Fusion power: safe, green and coming soon
Posted on 14 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
New projects around the world are bringing us ever closer to the dream of achieving commercially viable fusion power.
IBM lists 5 life-changing innovations due in next 5 years
Posted on 9 Feb 2017 by Aiden Burgess
IBM has identified the five innovations the computer technology company believes will change our world within the next five years.
China doubles solar power capacity
Posted on 6 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
New information out of China indicates that the country has, over the last year, doubled its solar energy capacity.
The IoT solution hanging rivals out to dry
Posted on 3 Feb 2017 by Nick Peters
How computing giant Intel teamed up with a British technology company to bring the Internet of Things into the washroom. Nick Peters reports. Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 published
Posted on 3 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson
This year's in-depth Annual Manufacturing Report assesses the state of UK manufacturing, looking at everything from skills through to finance, IT and the new technologies of Industry 4.0.