World’s largest wave energy farm given go-ahead
Plans for the world's largest commercial wave energy farm have been given the go-ahead.
Permit regime holding back shale gas development
Britain's complicated planning and permit regime is the biggest barrier to developing shale gas, according to a new report.
Lack of Green Deal expectations ‘unacceptable’
The Government's failure to set out its expectations for a flagship home energy efficiency programme is unacceptable, MPs warn.
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Taming the desert
Harvesting the vast energy potential from Africa's deserts could provide a much needed boost to Europe's energy supply.
Drone Rangers 
With the worldwide trade in illegal ivory booming, many species are closer than ever to extinction. Can drones help authorities take on the fight against poachers?
Scientists to help African farmers
Around half of all crops fail in Africa. In response, laboratories across the world are applying advanced scientific methods to provide a viable way of making cereal crops more robust.
Close-up detail of the 3D printed dress modelled recently by Dita Von Teese in New York
An architect's impression of possible high-rise eco-city dwellings for China
A prime mover in the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, demonstrating in London recently
Artist Agne Kisonaite collected 5,000 lipsticks to make this sculpture, protesting against the waste of the non-recycled tubes
A mini version of Berlin's Brandenburg Airport, built from 100,000 Lego bricks by Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin
Electricians check an electricity pylon situated amid farmland in Chuzhou, China
Dutch nursery worker Thijs Glas checks hydrangea buds, sprayed with water to freeze them and protect them from night frosts
Architecture company Because We Can designed this "feline transport system" for its office cat to help keep it safe
The Pancake-omatic makes pancakes from eggs laid just minutes before. It took four design engineers more than 200 hours to construct
Anouk Wipprecht's Pseudomorph dress, with a neckpiece filled with 550ml of ink that decorates the dress when released
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The Hub01 modular and mobile student housing prototype, developed for KatHO Catholic University in Belgium
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Africa special
22 May 2013
As leaders meet this week in Addis Ababa to celebrate fifty years of the African Union, a special issue of E&T looks at the opportunities and obstacles there for engineering and technology.
EU intervenes in Motorola Mobility patent dispute
22 May 2013
Google is at odds again with the EU. The latest conflict centres on mobile phone patents. The European Commission says that Motorola Mobility, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American search giant, is engaging in anticompetitive behaviour by putting an injunction on Apple in Germany for infringing on its patents. The Commission's preliminary anti trust finding could lead to a large fine for Google.
Debate: Formula 1
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The relentless push for innovation in Formula 1 has a positive effect on the technology
Professor of business strategy and director of research
Profile: Dr Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins is professor of business strategy and director of research at Cranfield School of Management. His forthcoming paper on technology in Formula 1 ‘Innovate or imitate: The role of collective beliefs in competences in competing firms’ with be published in Long Range Planning.
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The relentless push for innovation in Formula 1 has a negative effect on the technology
Marie Curie research fellow
Profile: Dr Paolo Aversa
Paolo Aversa is Marie Curie research fellow at the Faculty of Management at the Cass Business School, City University London. His current project, related to Formula 1, was awarded with the Marie Curie Fellowship PEOPLE-FP7-IEF. He teaches advanced strategy analysis for the MSc in management.
The relentless push for innovation in Formula 1 has a positive effect on the technology
Special focus: IT security
We consider the myriad security challenges facing IT professionals today.
Special focus: data centres
A comprehensive look at the issues surrounding data centres, pulling together articles, news and other content from the E&T archives.
Special focus: Alan Turing
Celebrating the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, arguably the most famous computer scientist of all time.
Special focus: audio technology
The technology of music: writing, recording, producing and mastering.
Special focus: health technologies
The new technologies available for treatment of the world's ageing population.
Special focus: RSS Titanic
The history and technology of that most famous of shipwrecks: RSS Titanic.
Special focus: green IT
Enterprise ICT is becoming ever-more environmentally-aware. What are the key imperatives driving this change, and how is it affecting technological deployment? E&T reports.
Special focus: Apollo 11 and beyond
Covering all aspects of space travel and exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's historic first orbit to the latest innovations.
Special focus: biofuels and the future of energy
About the production and use of biofuels and the advancement in technology, policy, and investment.
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