For the first time, individual nanoribbons have been created – with the potential to revolutionise a range of technologies, according to the scientists behind the breakthrough at University College London (UCL). The team…

GM Motors, the iconic American car maker, has pledged it will stop selling fossil fuel powered vehicles by 2035. Over the next decade it will significantly ramp up production of…

The French government confirmed today it will no longer go ahead with the previously approved plans for the expansion of Charles de Gaulle airport. The second busiest airport in Europe…

Researchers from the Technical University of Madrid and the University of Florence have created a robotic fish that can monitor the pH levels of water. As team member Giovanna Marrazza explained…

Australia’s export beef brands have collaborated with business service firm PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) to develop a food trust product traceability scheme allowing customers to scan meat to confirm its authenticity. The…

A consortium of banks, led by Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Post Bank has won support from the Japanese Central Bank to launch an electronic currency, the J Coin. The…

The owner of the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging network, Ubitricity, is soon to be owned by Royal Dutch Shell. Expected to complete sometime in 2021, the sale will…

A new project in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, is building schools using 3D printing technology. A new, 3D-printed school can be built in under a week with less waste and lower carbon…

In November, British media titles covered a study which included incorrect information targeting the EV industry. The study purported to show that building an EV is so CO2-heavy that you…

Research from McMaster University in Canada shows that buying a new smartphone requires approximately the same amount of energy as using your old one for a decade.  The research, published…

Uber have announced plans to invest £5m into electric vehicle charging infrastructure in London focusing on investing in more deprived Boroughs with less charging infrastructure where their drivers are more…

New Zealand’s long-awaited emissions analysis – arguably the most important to date – warns the country is on track to fall millions of tonnes short of hitting targets under current…

Chinese volunteers have emerged from a survival experiment where they lived inside a simulated space capsule for 180 days. The mock-up mission began in June 2016, performed by three men…

Amidst growing limitations on individual’s rights to protest in recent years, protesters in Russia are finding new ways to oppose the government. In light of strict self-isolation policies and financial…

On January 6th 2021, Facebook and Twitter disabled US president Donald Trump’s accounts. Citing risk for further incitement of violence, Twitter permanently suspended the president’s account, while Facebook has disabled…

Future Meat Technologies, an Israeli company that exclusively develops lab-grown meat, has announced its plans to build the world’s first cultured meat production plant. Cultured meat, also known as ‘clean’…

Fifty attorney generals, representing 48 US states and also Puerto Rico and Washington DC, announced they will join Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas in an antitrust investigation of Google and Facebook. “We have…

MoonExpress is a California-based privately financed commercial space company. Its mission is to “open up the Moon’s vast resources for humanity, and establish new avenues for commercial space activities beyond…

Beginning March 1st 2019 in the Hainan province of China, internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEs) will no longer be sold.  The ban, which includes both petrol and diesel cars, will…

In October 2016, scientists from Sichuan University in Chengdu, West China, became the first in the world to inject an adult human with cells that have been genetically edited using…