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A new government strategy will help safeguard critical energy infrastructure and protect consumers and businesses from costly disruption.

In a global first, Heriot-Watt University has unveiled a groundbreaking new online course dedicated to tackling the excess of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the Earth’s atmosphere, one of the root causes of climate change.

The late Professor Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize to the University of Edinburgh, where he first proposed an idea that would transform our understanding of the universe.

A "robust, reliable and highly-sensitive" tool that quickly and reliably identifies rogue ingredients, even in processed and cooked foods, has been developed by University of Aberdeen scientists.

Engineers Ireland celebrated Ireland’s accession as an Associate Member State of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, marking a historic milestone for Irish science and engineering

Heriot-Watt University scientists have significantly advanced a laser technology to precisely manipulate the spectrum of light.Their approach could be an important new tool for astronomy, where lasers are used to measure the wavelength of light from distant stars.

The Energy Institute published its Country Transition Tracker, outlining the progress being made from country to country toward the targets of the Paris Agreement.​ The tracker draws on data from the Statistical Review of World Energy 2025.

Developed in the 1970s, reliability centred maintenance (RCM) is a technique used to select the best maintenance task for systems and equipment. Still in use today, it is an important part of reducing risk at engineering firms.

A new multi-million-pound European project is set to boost adoption of AI among businesses and researchers across the UK to help unlock untapped economic and scientific potential.

For the uninitiated, origami can look like a kind of magic. Even if you try to follow along with every step, the graceful transformation of a flat piece of paper into a crane, a butterfly or a flower still has the power to amaze as the final fold is made.

Two carbon capture projects in North Wales and North West England have signed contracts, ready to begin construction and securing hundreds of jobs.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), based at Heriot-Watt University is part of a consortium that has been awarded over £1 million to work on a new digital twin solution to cut shipping emissions.