Research and Development

Ready, steady go! All the news from Katowice, including a new framework for greener sports

UK's Future Cities and Transport Systems R&D Catapults to merge as BEIS announces additional £215m in support of innovation research centres

Government unveils four research programmes totaling £60m in funding that aim to support new ideas for tackling air pollution and climate impacts

Businesses should not underestimate the scale and pace of imminent disruption from electric, autonomous vehicles, warns Jamie Arbib, co-founder of think tank RethinkX

Battery research project led by UK firm Nexeon aims to pave the way for electric cars capable of traveling more than 400 miles on a single charge

Three-year funding programme announced for small modular reactors, alongside proposals for large power stations across the UK and £86m for nuclear fusion research

Annual food sustainability index ranks countries on their performance on food waste, sustainable agriculture, and tackling nutritional challenges

InTEGReL - the Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory - unveiled with view to helping UK develop a fully integrated, zero carbon energy network

Rather than burning dead leaves, scientists suggest they can be used to make supercapacitors to rival even those made from wonder material graphene