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  • Nissan and Wayve test AI self-driving cars in Tokyo ahead of 2027 launch

    UK AI start-up Wayve and Nissan have begun testing self-driving tech on production vehicles ahead of a planned 2027 launch.

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    E+T Magazine in Artificial Intelligence
  • Gatwick plans to add 100,000 flights a year after winning second runway approval

    Gatwick Airport has been given permission to build a £2.2bn second runway that will increase its flight capacity by around 100,000 a year.

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    E+T Magazine in Built Environment Technologies
  • England faces recycling crisis as flexible plastic collections become mandatory by 2027

    Kerbside collection of flexible plastics – such as crisp packets, bubble wrap and bread bags – will become mandatory in England by March 2027, but the UK currently lacks the recycling infrastructure to cope with the materials, North London Waste Authority has warned.

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    E+T Magazine in Recycling
  • Tea plants thrive in lunar soil after space farming breakthrough

    Tea plants can grow in lunar soil, researchers have found – a discovery that could make a manned base on the Moon a more realistic proposition.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Microsoft to build world’s most powerful AI data centre in Wisconsin

    Microsoft has announced it is investing $4bn to build a new data centre in Wisconsin that will have “10X the performance of the world’s fastest supercomputer today”.

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    E+T Magazine in Artificial Intelligence
  • Melting sea ice opens China-Europe shipping shortcut

    A Chinese firm is preparing to launch a cargo vessel along a route spanning Russia’s northern coast that has only been made viable due to a retreating ice shelf brought about by climate change.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Climate Change
  • Two major European science organisations collaborate to advance fusion energy

    Fusion for Energy (F4E) and CERN – Europe’s largest physics laboratory – have joined forces to accelerate the development of fusion energy.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • New data platform to track industry’s electricity and gas use to support decarbonisation targets

    UK Power Networks has launched a shared data platform to track how energy is used across the UK’s industrial sector and help accelerate decarbonisation.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Computing
  • Baltic flights disrupted as Russia escalates GPS spoofing attacks

    Russia has been using GPS jamming and spoofing to disrupt orbiting satellite navigation systems which presents major risks to ci

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Satellites
  • World’s first commercial 5G railway network on 1,900MHz tested in Germany

    Nokia and Deutsche Bahn have successfully trialled the world’s first commercial 5G network on the 1900 MHz band for railways.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Railways
  • UK and US strike deal on AI, fusion and nuclear energy as Trump begins state visit

    The UK and US have announced the Tech Prosperity Deal to accelerate advances in AI, quantum and nuclear energy, coinciding with US President Donald Trump’s state visit.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Google announces £5bn AI investment in UK including data centre

    Google’s parent company Alphabet will invest £5bn in the UK over the next two years to help “power the UK’s AI economy”.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Huge 65-metre turbine-generator sets headed to the Czech Republic’s largest nuclear plant

    Two replacement turbine-generator sets will be installed at the Czech Republic’s largest nuclear reactor facility in a major upgrade project.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Teardown: Fairphone 6

    Fairphones are specificially designed to be easily repaired by the user, so how does the latest model align with the company’s f

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Sustainable Development
  • IET comment: Software is the rocket fuel for the next space age

    Beth Probert looks at the technologies intended to keep astronauts healthy.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Could hyperloop still be the answer to future transport demands?

    It’s been over a decade since the dream of super-fast inter-city travel via hyperloops was promised. Where’s the technology now?

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Chatting with social robots eases pressure on carers, research finds

    A series of regular chats with a humanoid robot has been shown to provide emotional support for informal caregivers, a University of Cambridge study has found.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Octopus partners with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer to cut UK energy bills

    Octopus Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy to drive down wind energy costs and reduce household bills.

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • UK to expand nuclear plant portfolio with US partnership and major private investment

    Labour’s plans to expand the UK’s portfolio of nuclear power plants have been given a boost after a deal was signed with the US to attract private sector investment and speed up safety checks.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Digital cognitive test helps GPs quickly spot early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

    A digital test could help primary care doctors quickly identify memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • High electricity costs continue to endanger jobs and net zero transition in UK steel

    The UK’s steel manufacturers are still struggling to compete with their European counterparts due to the high cost of domestic energy, despite government efforts to tackle the issue, a trade body has warned.

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    E+T Magazine
  • Will GBR provide the innovation needed for the rail network?

    Could GBRX, the newly formed innovation focal point for the UK’s rail system, keep it on track?

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Management of Technology
  • Surge in heat waves traced to emissions from top fossil fuel companies, study shows

    A new study has linked the likelihood of heat waves to carbon emissions from individual fossil fuel companies and cement producers.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Air Pollution
  • Extensive UK study confirms superconducting materials for world’s largest fusion project

    The quality of specialist superconducting materials destined for the ITER fusion reactor has been verified in an extensive study by Durham University researchers.

    E+T Magazine
    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
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