Nature Towns and Cities has launched to bring nature and green spaces closer to people living in urban areas across the UK.

Efforts in east Asia to tackle air pollution might have led to a further acceleration in global warming, a study has found.

When two Californian professors thought up the CubeSat at the turn of the third millennium, they had no idea they would set off a revolution in how things are done in space. And all they wanted was to ...

The North Sea oil boom of the 1980s created colossal revenues for the United Kingdom and its neighbour Norway. Today, as both nations move towards a fossil-free future, we examine how the aftermath of ...

The UK faces one of its greatest-ever engineering challenges as it seeks to combat climate change while keeping the lights on. If it is to succeed, the pace of delivery will be crucial. Developers ...

Pepper’s Ghost uses the same principles today as it did centuries ago. How are advances in technology reinventing this old illusion?

Was the recently deceased Mikhail Kalashnikov, known as the creator of the world’s most popular infantry weapon, a genius and a hero, or a false Soviet idol?

Copper cannot be mined quickly enough to keep up with current policies requiring the transition to electric vehicles, according to a University of Michigan study.

The world’s tallest 3D-printed building, Tor Alva, has been completed in Switzerland using a unique construction technique.

Asphalt and concrete are ubiquitous in the world’s transport infrastructure. Can these pricey, unsustainable materials be overtaken? Meet five contenders in the road race.

To support the war effort, the British motor industry successfully readjusted itself in the course of the Second World War with the help of the so-called 'shadow factory' scheme.

The total indirect emissions from electric vehicles pale in comparison to the indirect emissions from fossil fuel-powered vehicles, a Yale University study has found.