As the UN marks its 80th anniversary, does it direct how technologies spread and develop – or are major states and big corporations still in control?

Cow cells have been shown to become naturally ‘immortal’ in the right conditions, which could make lab-grown meat more affordable and easier to produce, researchers have said.

Tea plants can grow in lunar soil, researchers have found – a discovery that could make a manned base on the Moon a more realistic proposition.

CPRE, the countryside charity, has called for new solar farms to be banned from the UK’s highest-grade farmland over concerns that they impact domestic food security.

ABB’s LV Titanium Variable Speed Motor (VSM) platform delivers the benefits of an IE5 Ultra-Premium efficiency motor and variable speed drive (VSD) technology in a single, compact, plug-and-play solution. Michele Maggi, R&D Engineer Product Development at ABB, explains that VSMs, now available from 1.1 to 30 kW, enable a wide range of industrial customers to minimize their energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions.

UK manufacturers are losing up to £408m a year cumulatively by not powering down machinery when not in use, an analysis by FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics has found.

There is an interesting observation in Tereza Pultarova’s fascinating article about dark skies (p48).

Researchers are attempting to harness the extreme winds found in railway tunnels for use in renewable energy facilities.

This month, the Evil Engineer measures up the perfect black hole. Making it is another matter.

This issue, we highlight upcycling plastic waste and implants that harvest energy from flowing blood.

The IET aims to ‘engineer a better world’, inspiring, informing and influencing the global engineering and technology community. But what does it mean in practice? We asked five experts what engineering a better world means in their sector

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has safely converted a can of plutonium residue into a stable waste form for the first time.

British Steel has secured a massive order worth ‘tens of millions of pounds’ to provide materials for a major high-speed electric railway in Turkey.

Earth-observation satellites deliver data that is critical in monitoring the progress of climate change.

A bacterial strain discovered frozen in an underground cave is resistant to 10 antibiotics, which could give scientists clues on preventing the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

The safety of autonomous vehicles could be boosted with a new system that allows robots to see round corners.

Drax power station plans to stop burning controversial Canadian wood pellets and switch to a US-only supply from 2027.

A third trial to inspect and retrieve a small amount of radioactive debris from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been

When the National Energy System Operator (NESO) announced a new pipeline of deliverable energy projects at the end of last year,

Wayve’s latest $1.2bn funding round includes investment from major global firms, valuing the London-based start-up at $8.6bn.