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  • Nasa rover finds strongest signs yet of past life on Mars

    Nasa has discovered some of the most convincing evidence yet that Mars once harboured microbial life.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • HS2 completes Britain’s longest rail bridge in Colne Valley

    Construction has been completed on Britain’s longest rail bridge – HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct in the West Midlands.

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    E+T Magazine in Built Environment Technologies
  • Fully battery-electric ferries to join busy Danish shipping route

    Two high-speed catamaran ferries with fully electric propulsion will enter service in Denmark by 2028.

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    E+T Magazine in Power Conversion
  • Hardt Hyperloop sets speed record and proves lane-switching at European test site

    A European start-up says it has broken the speed record for its prototype hyperloop track and completed a complex lane-switching test.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • £100 contactless payment limit could rise under new proposals

    New proposals from the UK’s financial regulator could see the current £100 contactless payment limit increased.

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Drone delivers defibrillator directly to scene of remote cardiac emergency

    Simulation study shows that drones can deliver defibrillators to cardiac arrest patients in remote areas.

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    E+T Magazine in Aerospace
  • US start-up that plans to bury nuclear reactors a mile underground goes public

    Deep Fission has become a publicly traded company, boosting its plan to place small modular reactors in deep boreholes.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Warner Bros files copyright lawsuit against Midjourney over AI-generated images

    Warner Bros claims Midjourney has “brazenly” stolen its intellectual property in a new copyright infringement lawsuit.

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    E+T Magazine in Ethical Aspects
  • Can your SatCom survive contact with the enemy?

    In high-threat theatres, communications availability can determine mission success.

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    E+T Magazine in Telecommunications
  • Reform’s fracking push could put pressure on key target seats, according to Greenpeace

    Some of Reform’s key target constituencies in the next election could be among the first to adopt new fracking projects should the party deliver on its promise to lift the fracking moratorium, Greenpeace has claimed.

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    E+T Magazine in Management of Technology
  • Most European car makers on track to hit EU emissions targets while Mercedes falls behind

    Almost all European car manufacturers are now on track to meet the EU’s emission targets this year because of rising electric vehicle (EV) sales and a relaxation of the rules, a report from Transport & Environment (T&E) has found.

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    E+T Magazine in Ethical Aspects
  • China to alter asteroid trajectory with spacecraft collision mission

    Within a year, China aims to launch a mission to test whether a spacecraft can change the path of an asteroid.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Full steam ahead: Powering the railways of the future

    Just as steam gave way to diesel last century, now a revolution is under way in how to power the railways of the future.

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    E+T Magazine in History of Engineering
  • CHIPS and cracks: The US gamble on semiconductors needs a rethink

    Former President Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act already had flaws, but now his successor’s administration’s approach is compl

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    E+T Magazine in Management of Technology
  • Editor's comment: Is rail on the right lines?

    Pinning down the dawn of the age of rail, and with it the opening-up of mobility to the masses, is a bit of a moveable feast.

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    E+T Magazine in History of Engineering
  • Tiny electronic implant could restore vision to patients with corneal blindness

    An electronic eye implant could offer an alternative to corneal transplants in restoring sight.

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  • Europe enters global AI race with its first exascale supercomputer

    With the launch of the Jupiter AI supercomputer in Germany, Europe takes a major step toward ‘technological sovereignty and glob

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    E+T Magazine in Artificial Intelligence
  • Seventh wonder: How Wi-Fi 7 reinvents wireless

    Wi-Fi 7’s array of advanced bandwidth and channel jockeying techniques delivers greater speed through smarter signalling.

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    E+T Magazine in Telecommunications
  • First megawatt fuel cell paves way for zero-carbon ships and planes

    Researchers have successfully developed the first megawatt fuel cell – a breakthrough that could speed up the move towards low-carbon shipping and aviation.

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • Browse the September/October 2025 issue of E+T Magazine

    View this issue as a page-turner in your browser.

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  • Shipping searches for sustainable solutions

    Changing polluting maritime technologies is like turning the proverbial supertanker.

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    E+T Magazine in Climate Change
  • Inside the work of the UK’s rail accident detectives

    As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first rail passenger journey, one of the UK’s younger government agencies

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    E+T Magazine in Road transport systems
  • Tentacle-like underwater robot aims to cut costs and boost precision in offshore inspections

    A 1-metre-long underwater robot with soft manipulator technology aims to tackle the costs and challenges of subsea infrastructure inspection.

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    E+T Magazine in Built Environment Technologies
  • Shutdown of two UK nuclear power stations pushed back to 2028

    Two ageing UK nuclear power stations will remain operational until 2028, Centrica and EDF have announced.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
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