Millions of people are turning to AI chatbot companions for comfort, mental support and even romance. But evidence that simulated relationships can be highly addictive and harmful has governments and regulators on the back foot. Is it time to shield society from the impacts?

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.

There’s a lot of useful information to be gained from sewage, and new technology can give us essential health warnings. But from

Dr Alvaro Orsi, data science and AI lead at the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science, writes about building proactive public health intelligence.

Four astronauts have landed back on Earth from the International Space Station after the decision was taken last week to end their mission early due to a medical problem.

An autonomous AI system capable of screening for cognitive decline using routine clinical documentation has been developed by re

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

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Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first nuclear plant in a generation, is now not expected to start generating electricity until 2030 at the earliest in yet another delay to the project.

French energy giant EDF is petitioning the UK government to allow it continue operating the Sizewell B nuclear power plant for 20 y

Government plans to cut environmental protections in a bid to make it easier to build nuclear power plants is “misguided” a

The second nuclear reactor has been delivered to Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, marking a major milestone before its planned 2029 opening.

Funding slashed, data obfuscated, mass sackings, rank uncertainty: what’s it like to be a scientist under Trump’s administration?

Two landers capable of withstanding 1,200 times the pressure on the Earth’s surface will journey into the depths of the ocean later this year to gain a better understanding of the origin of ‘dark oxygen’.

The Institution of Structural Engineers has released comprehensive guidance about the design of permanent bamboo structures for the first time.

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

Space start-up Astrolight is preparing to launch its first laser-based communication satellite, which can provide data rates of up to 1Gbps from space without the use of radio waves.

Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first nuclear plant in a generation, is now not expected to start generating electricity until 2030 at the earliest in yet another delay to the project.

Nasa has developed a new technology that allows Perseverance, its most recently deployed Mars rover, to locate itself on the planet with an accuracy within 25cm.

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.

The UK government has proposed new plans requiring tech platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours, or f

Space start-up Astrolight is preparing to launch its first laser-based communication satellite, which can provide data rates of up to 1Gbps from space without the use of radio waves.

Over 2,500 tonnes of green hydrogen from UK hydrogen supplier GeoPura will power construction machinery at the Lower Thames Cros

Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first nuclear plant in a generation, is now not expected to start generating electricity until 2030 at the earliest in yet another delay to the project.