Environment

Retrofitted vessel with tillable rotor sails during operations in port. Firms in the wind-assisted shipping sector have published the first structured generational taxonomy for mechanical sails, in a bid to bring greater technical clarity to a field that is moving rapidly from isolated sail solutions to fully integrated, ship and fleet-level systems. The publication follows […]

Houseplants and more advanced plant systems, such as indoor living walls and hydroponic towers, have the potential to raise indoor humidity, boost thermal comfort and help create healthier, more climate-resilient buildings, according to new research led by the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE). Published in Building and Environment, the study

A new test reduces the time required to analyse water samples for indicators of faecal contamination from 24 hours to four. It was developed by researchers at The James Hutton Institute, a land and nature research organisation in Scotland. The test, a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay, targets somatic coliphages – viruses which infect

Circular Lighting Live 2026 will take place on Thursday 8 October at the Minster Building in the City of London. Organiser Recolight promises the event will challenge ‘business as usual’ industry models and explore practical solutions for a low carbon future. It will feature “fresh new formats and exciting interactive features”. The one-day multitrack conference

A delegation of more than 20 Irish energy and policy stakeholders has visited Future Biogas’s Moor Bioenergy anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Lincolnshire, as Ireland accelerates regulatory and market frameworks for large energy users and renewable gas deployment. Topics explored included the potential match-up between this kind of energy generation and emerging legislation. The fact-finding

The future of UK oil and gas production looks likely to be a significant political battleground in the next election. Recent weeks have seen interventions in the debate from The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), and free-market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), calling on the government to reverse its ban