Technology

More than half of renters and outright owners would favour using a mortgage to fund shading, cooling, insulation, ventilation and solar panels to better protect their homes against extreme weather, fresh research has found

Robust plastics which typically persist in the environment for centuries can be safely returned to nature within 18 months using specialist technology, a 'world-first' study has claimed

Swiss pharmaceutical firm's CSO reflects on how his upbringing in Kosovo, experience of war and displacement, and human rights activism shaped his approach to healthcare and sustainability

Funding includes almost £65m from the government that is to be matched by industry to support innovative electric and self-driving vehicle technologies

Clever clothing that can sense health issues are not far off, but they could prove hard to recycle or reuse

Paul Mellon, operations director at Stellium data centres, and Tom Parsons, Good Energy’s commercial director, explain their joint efforts to develop energy efficient data centres

Discounter expects partnership to redistribute the equivalent of nearly 11.9 million meals each year once live nationwide

A range of everyday, bio-based products can be made from renewable biological resources such as plants, algae, microbes, mycelium as well as food and agricultural wastes, writes Emily Nichols of the Renewable Energy Association

Consultation suggests making it easier for new suppliers to enter the electricity market and offer specialist services for EVs, batteries and heat pumps

Publicly-owned clean energy investor and developer confirms first major solar-thermal investment will create up to 140 jobs