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The technique, which can store and release highly pure hydrogen with salts in the presence of amino acids, was developed by a team at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock, Germany.

The researchers, including Henrik Junge, Matthias Beller and colleagues, focused on hydrogen storage because of its potential as a widespread source of green energy. Handling large quantities of gaseous hydrogen is currently “cumbersome”, a research announcement said, and converting it to a liquid requires vessels that can withstand extremely high pressures.

A £68m project to restore a museum in Glasgow, Scotland, has taken home the biggest prize at this year’s British Construction Industry Awards.

The five-year renovation of the Burrell Collection was named Project of the Year at the BCIA ceremony in London recently

A free training course to upskill learners in Scotland’s booming photonics industry has been developed in collaboration with key industry players including Thales, Leonardo, Coherent, and Technology Scotland.

A new battery made of abundant and inexpensive materials could solve a big problem for renewable energy, its creators have said.

Professor Arne Skauge is to be appointed to a new Energi Simulation Chair at Heriot-Watt University.

The new chair will continue a long-standing collaboration delivering leading research to decarbonise energy generation, by optimising and accelerating recovery from maturing assets and averting the need to develop new oil and gas fields.

A single-molecule thick layer of water is up to 1,000 times more electrically conductive than current battery materials.

Space is running out. About 23,000 pieces of debris clutter Earth’s orbit, chunks larger than softballs travelling at up to 28,000km/h and threatening grave damage to satellites and spacecraft. Roughly 100 million smaller pieces are also in orbit, according to NASA.

A new white paper has been published that sets out how the entire built environment sector can unite behind a single, agreed standard to determine, demonstrate and recognise construction products competence (CPC).

Industry and government collaborate on best practice guidance helping major infrastructure projects, such as HS2 and Crossrail, improve data securityNew advice, published by GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, sets out best approach for managing information security risksConstruction sector urged to follow guidance amid continued targeting by malicious actors

More than 1,000 new electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints will be installed in nine local authorities around England in a new government-backed pilot scheme.

Scottish start-up Mako Aerospace based in Dunfermline, has teamed up with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), operated by the University of Strathclyde, to manufacture the world’s first all-electric jet engine, which could double the range of electric aircraft compared to current hybrid models.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh has joined 18 Commonwealth science academies to urge their nations’ leaders to work together to take coordinated and equitable action to address climate change, biodiversity loss and other critical and related sustainability challenges.