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  • Audit reveals a 98% failure rate for home insulation installed under government scheme

    An estimated 98% of homes that had external wall insulation installed under the UK government’s Energy Company Obligation scheme require work to correct major issues that will cause problems such as damp and mould, a report has found.

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  • Satellite broadband services found leaking vast amounts of unencrypted user data

    A ‘shockingly large amount’ of sensitive data traffic is being broadcast unencrypted from satellite broadband services, researchers have found.

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  • BAE Systems’ latest attack submarine completes major underwater test

    HMS Agamemnon, the UK's newest attack submarine, has completed its first underwater test at BAE Systems’ shipyard at Barrow-in-F

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  • Global warming passes ‘tipping point’ that will destroy coral reefs and put livelihoods at risk

    The world has now reached a climate change ‘tipping point’ that could see warm-water coral reefs face severe dieback, impacting the near billion people who rely on them.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • £1.5bn wind turbine plant in Scotland planned as green groups warn of ‘scarring’ the landscape

    China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy has announced it is to invest £1.5bn in a new wind turbine plant in Scotland. The announcement co

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Energy firms inject hydrogen into UK gas grid for first time

    Energy firms have injected hydrogen into the gas grid in order to power the Brigg Power Station in North Lincolnshire as part of trials aimed at decarbonising the UK’s electricity supply.

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • Blueprint set out for Europe’s first commercial fusion power plant

    Greentech firm Gauss Fusion has unveiled a detailed conceptual blueprint for developing Europe’s first fusion power plant.

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  • Industry insight: The case against humanoid robots on the factory floor

    Humanoid robots are having a moment – lots of companies are being founded, venture capital is flowing and the public is captivat

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    E+T Magazine in Control and Automation
  • UK Dieselgate trial to get under way at London's High Court

    Five major car manufacturers will face trial at London’s High Court over the ongoing 2015 ‘Dieselgate’ emissions scandal.

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    E+T Magazine in Business Planning
  • Novel high-performance alloy shows potential for next-gen engine and turbine applications

    Future aircraft engines and gas turbines could be made more efficient with a new high-temperature resistant alloy, according to a new study.

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    E+T Magazine in Research and Innovation
  • Seawater converted into hydrogen fuel to power ships in zero-emission process

    With £1.44m in UK government backing, a new project will turn seawater into hydrogen fuel to power ships, ferries and fishing bo

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • China issues fresh clampdown on rare earth exports in a threat to global tech supply chains

    China has said it will tighten export rules on rare earth minerals – materials that are crucial for electronics manufacturing.

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  • Complex nuclear decommissioning to begin at Trawsfynydd to reduce reactor buildings

    A £70m contract has been awarded to Costain to carry out the demolition and height reduction of reactor buildings at Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

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    E+T Magazine in Nuclear Power
  • ‘Jewel-like’ skyscraper approved for London’s Square Mile

    Planning approval has been granted for a new 31-storey office building at 130 Fenchurch street in the City of London.

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    E+T Magazine in Built Environment Technologies
  • North Korea-linked hackers have stolen a record $2bn in crypto in 2025

    Hackers from North Korea have managed to steal the largest amount of crypto on record this year, an analysis from Elliptic has found.

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  • Autonomous, long-endurance drone shifts between helicopter and aeroplane modes

    Sikorsky has introduced a new family of giant ‘rotor-blown wing’ drones that lift off, hover and land like a helicopter but cru

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    E+T Magazine in Aerospace
  • BYD’s 880% UK EV sales surge shows appetite for cheaper electric cars

    BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, has said that the UK is now its biggest market outside of China after posting a record 880% growth in the last year.

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    E+T Magazine in Electric Vehicles
  • Terrestrial lidar technology transforming study of forest ecosystems

    Scanning forests with advanced laser technology is helping researchers better understand forest ecosystem dynamics.

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  • Jaguar Land Rover restarts production after hackers force UK-wide shutdown

    Jaguar Land Rover is preparing to restart operations at its UK plant following a devastating cyber attack that has kept it offline since August.

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    E+T Magazine in Automotive Engineering
  • Solar now world’s cheapest power, but grid integration a key challenge

    Solar energy is now so cost-effective that it is the ‘cheapest option’ for electricity generation, but connecting it to existing power networks remains a challenge, according to a University of Surrey study.

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    E+T Magazine in Renewable Energy
  • ‘A matter of national security’: scientists propose solar-sailing probe to warn of space storms

    Scientists have proposed launching a space probe that travels on solar winds to provide early warning systems about potentially damaging solar eruptions.

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  • Transform global food systems to slash greenhouse gas emissions, report says

    Food systems generate nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions – but a new EAT–Lancet Commission report has found that

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  • World’s first commercial underwater data centre to be sunk off coast of Shanghai

    China will become the first country to operate a commercial underwater data centre when it sinks servers off the coast of Shanghai later this month.

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    E+T Magazine in Computing
  • German police deploy laser system to stop drone intrusions at Munich Airport

    German police have installed a temporary laser system near Munich Airport to repel ongoing intrusions by drones that are disrupting air traffic.

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