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New $150 million research centre at Imperial College London will develop sustainable routes to materials for a green future.

The United Kingdom is vulnerable to global events and over reliant on other countries for essential resources - but there are policy choices which could significantly lessen this exposure, a new report makes clear.

Urgent and open debate is needed around Wales' food system in order to achieve net zero, academics at Cardiff University conclude. The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) has published its response to the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group 's first challenge question ' How could Wales feed itself by 2035? ' The report examines the evidence and explores challenges facing the agricultural sector, which is set to be the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in 2035, as other sectors decarbonise more quickly.

The University of Glasgow is partnering with a pioneering renewable energy research hub which has received £5m in new funding.

Researchers from the University of Bath and UWE investigated the possible effects of loud music festivals on bats' activity. Researchers from the University of Bath and the University of the West of England present the first evidence of the negative impacts of music festivals on bat activity, finding loud music playback alone is enough to cause significant disturbance to several bat species.

A greener, faster and more effective way of recycling plastics is being developed by researchers at Cardiff University.

Leading researchers from across The University of Manchester (UoM) have given their support to a global initiative endorsed by His Majesty King Charles III promoting the sustainable use of space.

The UK, Switzerland and Norway top the list of countries heading for dramatic increases in uncomfortably hot days - if temperatures break the international 1.5ºC target, according to new research from Oxford.

The University of Mancheste r's expertise in offshore renewables, hydrogen integration, energy networks and energy demand will be used in the creation of four multi-million pound research centres to drive forward change in the energy sector and help to meet the UK's net zero target by 2050.

New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen. The study involving the University of Southampton also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively.

Our obsession with vehicles and planes is bad for our health, bad for our lives, bad for equality and, yes, bad for the environment.

A new study has explored the battle lines of public debate around a controversial energy technology which is heralded as "critical to combating climate change" by its advocates and branded "worse than coal" by its critics.

Faculty of Engineering & Design realigns its research centres to meet grand challenges The Faculty of Engineering & Design has restructured its research centres to better reflect the institution's strategic priorities of providing research solutions to major challenges in the fields of sustainability, digitisation, and health and wellbeing.

Imperial College London and researchers have built a drone that can withstand high enough temperatures to enter burning buildings.

The University of Oxford is to lead an ambitious £7 million project to help deliver scalable, affordable and sustainable tidal stream energy.

Cardiff and Waikato Universities are investigating how Wales and New Zealand could learn from each other's approaches to managing the environment, agriculture and natural hazards.

Cambridge architects have won a public choice award at the London Design Biennale for a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition walls which can be shifted to meet the changing needs of residents.

To prompt discussion about the circular economy and celebrate the role of stone in the City of London's creation, 58 granite blocks from London's Victoria Embankment on the Thames have been relocated throughout the City, as part of a project designed by UCL architects.

Scientists at The University of Manchester will help the Met Office improve its forecasts of extreme weather through a new large-scale collaborative research project. The researchers have been awarded £1.8 million to carry out a novel observational campaign in southern England to evaluate turbulence in the atmosphere.

A pioneering project is set produce haricot beans, better known as classic-baked bean, in the UK for the first time.

A collaboration between the University of Oxford and Lahore University of Management Sciences has combined the power of artificial intelligence with remote satellite imagery to help tackle the problem of unregulated brick kilns across South Asia. These kilns are a major source of air pollution, a key contributor to climate change, and notorious for people trafficking and modern-day slavery.

A world-leading database, maintained by Oxford volunteers, sheds light on the integrity of net zero commitments Governments representing 88% of global emissions and 92% of GDP have pledged to reach n