Humanity is closer to catastrophe than ever amid rising nuclear tensions, AI risks, biological security concerns and the worsening climate crisis, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Google has launched its next-generation AI model Gemini 3, which is designed to be the company’s most intelligent to date.

Nvidia and Nokia have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate next-gen AI mobile networks to enable the US to “regain gl

OpenAI’s conversational AI chatbot ChatGPT has weekly conversations with over one million people exhibiting suicidal thoughts, according to company data.

Humanity is closer to catastrophe than ever amid rising nuclear tensions, AI risks, biological security concerns and the worsening climate crisis, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

The devil is in the detail when it comes to switching from electrical to optical communications – and the data-centre boom has provided an opportunity to iron out some of those details.

As the year draws to a close, we at E+T magazine have been looking back at some of the most important trends in engineering and

For the past two decades, AI has shaped the evolution of culture and society far more than humans have. But we walk around in denial, says pioneering AI professor De Kai, who prefers to think of AI behaviour as resembling children more than industrial machines.

The government has approved a £120m bailout of the UK’s last ethylene plant in Grangemouth, which is owned by chemicals company Ineos.

A direct train service going from London to several major German cities is being planned for launch in the early 2030s with Euro

US bank JP Morgan has signed off on plans to build a £3bn tower in London to house around 12,000 employees – or just under half of its UK workforce.

The UK government has confirmed that Wylfa – an island off the coast of North Wales – will host the country’s first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station.

Despite fears of AI’s impact on the job market, Yale University-led research has found that the US is ‘not in an economy-wide jobs apocalypse right now’.

The UK’s steel manufacturers are still struggling to compete with their European counterparts due to the high cost of domestic energy, despite government efforts to tackle the issue, a trade body has warned.

The government’s climate advisers have criticised the way in which blast furnaces at the Port Talbot steelworks were closed, arguing that not enough regard was given to economic impact on the local area.

Globally, AI could impact 40% of jobs, with up to one-third in advanced economies at risk of automation, a UN report has found.

Cleantech start-up TheStorage has installed a sand-based thermal storage pilot at a brewery in Finland to provide fossil-free industrial heat.

Failure to effectively address the current space debris challenge could cost the space industry up to $42.3bn over the next decade, according to a World Economic Forum report.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has introduced the UK’s first battery-only-powered passenger train on a suburban rail link in west London.

Flexible, non-toxic hydrogel batteries could power soft, wearable and implantable electronics, according to a study.

Cleantech start-up TheStorage has installed a sand-based thermal storage pilot at a brewery in Finland to provide fossil-free industrial heat.

Failure to effectively address the current space debris challenge could cost the space industry up to $42.3bn over the next decade, according to a World Economic Forum report.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has introduced the UK’s first battery-only-powered passenger train on a suburban rail link in west London.

Flexible, non-toxic hydrogel batteries could power soft, wearable and implantable electronics, according to a study.