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  • Over 2,000 misconnected waste pipes in London pumping sewage directly into rivers

    More than 2,000 properties across London are pumping raw sewage into rivers due to drainage misconnections, according to a BBC report.

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    E+T Magazine in Waste Management
  • HS2 bridge built beside canal then rotated into place in rare engineering feat

    HS2 has moved a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham after constructing the whole structure on a separate, nearby site.

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    E+T Magazine in Construction Industry
  • World’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility planned for Europe

    AP Moller Holding’s plastics plant, due to open in 2028, will use green methanol to produce approximately 300,000 tonnes of fossil-free virgin plastics per year.

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    E+T Magazine in Fossil Fuels
  • Modular robots developed that can assemble into bridges and shelters for disaster relief

    Engineers have developed modular robots that can assemble into structures in situ to make temporary bridges or structures depending on the task at hand.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Supercomputer simulations to predict future earthquakes

    Simulations produced using an exascale supercomputer are enabling researchers to predict when an earthquake is likely to happen

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Great Western Railway battery train breaks world distance record

    A Great Western Railway (GWR) battery-electric train has set a new record, travelling 200 miles on a single charge.

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    E+T Magazine in Power Conversion
  • Geological disposal facility for nuclear waste deemed unviable by the Treasury

    Plans to store Britain’s nuclear waste deep underground have been labelled as ‘unachievable’ by the Treasury.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Case study: Totmonslow 33kV Turnkey Substation

    Green Engineering Ltd were appointed to deliver a new 33,000-volt electricity substation in Totmonslow, Staffordshire.

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  • FAA clears SpaceX for Starship flight after investigation into recent explosions

    The US Federal Aviation Administration has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship failures in May and June, givin

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Government ‘pro-growth reforms’ to fast-track planning and boost nature recovery

    The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced environmental planning reforms backed by £500m.

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Digital Asset Control: The Engineer's Advantage

    Join us for a 45-minute thought leadership webinar where industry experts explore how engineering and asset management teams are navigating the rising complexity of asset information.

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  • Space junk detection system could give early warnings to protect satellites

    A detection system for orbital debris could provide early warnings to allow spacecraft and satellites to move away from the point of impact and inform teams on the ground when they are damaged.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Engineers enable ultra-high-frequency wireless communication by navigating obstacles

    New machine-learning system shapes ultra-high-frequency transmissions to navigate obstacles enabling massive wireless data transf

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Successful static-fire test of rocket motor to boost range of BAE guided missiles

    US aerospace company Ursa Major has successfully tested a rocket motor that lets existing small military rockets fly farther without increasing their size.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • New AI tool could free up hospital beds by accelerating patient discharge process

    A new AI system designed to cut NHS waiting lists and the amount of admin faced by doctors has been given government backing.

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    E+T Magazine in Artificial Intelligence
  • Nuclear waste could become a vital source of fuel for fusion reactors

    Nuclear waste could be repurposed to provide one of the key materials needed for upcoming fusion reactors.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • Electric cornea reshaping shows promise as safer alternative to laser eye surgery

    A laser-free alternative to corrective eye surgery is being developed that could reduce some of the risks associated with procedures such as Lasik.

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    E+T Magazine
  • Blue Origin plans Mars Telecommunications Orbiter for 2028 deployment

    Blue Origin has proposed a building a new telecommunications hub for Mars that could support Nasa’s future missions to the plane

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Brain-computer interface decodes inner speech into text for people who cannot speak

    Scientists have used a brain-computer interface (BCI) that could help people who are unable to speak communicate more easily.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • OpenAI unveils GPT-5 with new personalities and fewer hallucinations

    OpenAI has released a new upgrade to ChatGPT that promises to offer users “a significant leap in intelligence” over previous models.

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • New ESA satellite to monitor weather, climate and air quality ready for mid-August lift-off

    The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) weather satellite with its payload of six instruments has been sealed inside the Ariane 6 rocket’s fairing ahead of lift-off on 13 August.

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    E+T Magazine in Space
  • Italy approves plans for world's longest suspension bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy

    The Italian government has greenlit a €13.5bn project to build the longest suspension bridge in the world.

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    E+T Magazine in Built Environment Technologies
  • Apple commits $100bn to American chipmaking to shield against import tariffs

    Apple plans to invest $100bn (£75bn) over the next four years in developing US-based chip production facilities as part of a deal announced by the White House.

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    E+T Magazine in Management of Technology
  • US proposes new rule to scrap drone regulations and ‘unleash American dominance’

    The Trump administration has announced a draft regulation that could see drone deliveries take off.

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    E+T Magazine in Aerospace
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