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Airbus Helicopters unveiled the PioneerLab to focus on testing technologies that reduce helicopter emissions, increase autonomy and integrate bio-based materials.

Nordic Co-operation finds that by universally adopting these rules, annual mismanaged plastic production could be reduced by 90% by 2040.

Queen Mary University of London, UK, seeks to change perceptions through a showcase of stories from engineers that are typically under-represented.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) is establishing a new committee to feed UK views into a newly created international ISO technical committee that will develop standards in the field of specialty metals and materials.

The Governor of the State of Massachusetts in the US, Maura Healey, has signed an executive order to end the purchasing of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies.

Legal mines in Brazil may contribute to 5% of global emissions if left active, a paper proposing an offset for these mines has revealed.

Papers include Insights into crystallographic and topographic characteristics of local corrosion attack on zinc, and Methodology for ranking internal corrosion-induced leakage susceptibility in oilfield pipelines.

Yesterday’s (21 September) Prime Minister's speech rolls back previous government commitments, undermining confidence and dismantling the certainty required by industry to justify investment in the UK.

Papers include Surface modification of urinary catheters, Improvement of current-carrying tribological behaviour via laser surface texture and A green vanadium-based formulation for the conversion of steel.

E3 Lithium has managed to recover more than 90% of lithium from its Direct Lithium Extraction field pilot plant in Alberta, Canada.

The Birmingham Dental and Biomaterials Testing Service (BiMaTs) has been launched by the University of Birmingham Enterprise, UK.

A £9mln mine water treatment scheme aims to reduce harmful metal pollution in rivers is nearing completion in the North East and Cumbria .

The Royal Academy of Engineering elected 73 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to Fellowship on 20 September 2023.

Battery-grade lithium carbonate at a purity above 99.5% have been produced from Northern Lithium saline brine in the UK.

The Sizewell C company, EDF and the Government are now looking for companies with major infrastructure experience to invest in the project, subject to strict national security checks.

The 2024 editorial themes for features have been finalised and the team is keen to hear from academics and industry professionals who might want to contribute.

Papers in this issue include Thermal and mechanical properties of carbon-based rubber nanocomposites: a review, Flexural behaviour modelling of carbon/epoxy laminates using the puck-EWM approach and Effect of surface modification and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on thermal properties of PMMA/SWCNT nanocomposites.

The UK Royal Academy of Engineering has shortlisted six examples of partnerships between universities and industry for the annual award.

Radar measurements from Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission are being used to analyse how the ground has shifted as a result of the earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September.

The UK Government and Tata Steel have today agreed a joint investment package to build an Electric Arc Furnace at Port Talbot.