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Ready… steady… bake!One of the secrets behind making the perfect pizza is the way in which it is cooked. A well-baked pizza could leave many with a mouth-watering experience, but what would be better than going to a pizzeria and experiencing an even quicker and satisfying service? One company has done just that. Using electric heating, […]

Go green at homeLet’s start with the Hydraloop residential water recycling system, which won the 2020 Consumer Electronic Show’s (CES) Best Innovation Award in the Sustainability, Eco-Design & Smart Energy category. The Hydraloop system cleans and disinfects greywater from washing machines and baths so that it can be reused to flush toilets, fill pools or […]

Virtual meet: Danielle George on robots in space and what really makes 5G crucial”The human form is not designed very well to travel in space,” says Danielle George, Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering at the University of Manchester and 2020’s IET President. “However, there is something quintessentially human that I am not sure robots will […]

UK car industry ‘has spent £735m on Brexit preparations’The report by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said an excess of £235m has been spent in 2020 alone. It also issued a “last-chance plea” for a zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal between the UK and the EU. The SMMT said the sector is doing “everything in its […]

Covid-19 vaccine temperature requirements represent logistics challengeWhile initial trial results suggest that the vaccine could be up to 90 per cent effective on combating the virus, to maintain its efficacy it needs to be transported and stored in temperatures below minus 70 degrees Celsius. According to Professor Gordon Dougan, infectious disease and vaccine specialist from […]

Sponsored: Quantum sensor design with multiphysics simulationIn this webinar, Peter J. Hobson, a doctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham, will discuss ongoing work using the COMSOL Multiphysics® software to simulate hybrid active–passive shielding systems. These systems are designed using a new analytical model developed at the University of Nottingham and generate accurate magnetic fields […]

G20 governments still heavily investing in fossil fuel subsidiesMonetary support for the sector has dropped by only 9 per cent since 2014-2016 levels, hitting $584bn (£451bn) annually over the last three years, a joint study from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Oil Change International (OCI) has found. […]