In just six hours, a new 3D-printed train station was installed in the rural town of Arida, Japan in what railway operators are calling a ‘world first’.

The healthcare industry has benefited from additive manufacturing (AM) technology for many years, particularly for producing patient-specific dental and orthopaedic implants. Enrico Orsi, AM product manager at global engineering technologies company Renishaw, explores how the healthcare industry can now move from small-scale production of customised parts towards volume manufacture.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are undertaking research into the development of 3D-printed blood vessels, which closely mimic the properties of human veins, to improve the treatment of those living with cardiovascular disease.

Researchers at Caltech have augmented jellyfish with cyborg technology to explore the oceans.

A leading climate scientist for Neom has warned that this futuristic megacity in the desert could alter weather patterns and amplify wind and sand storms.

Currently under construction in the Saudi desert, the highly ambitious megacity Neom has turned into a financial disaster, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal

Neom has revealed construction has begun on the Hidden Marina development, the first phase of The Line’s 170km-long ‘linear city’.

Researchers in Ecuador say cellular concrete is a sustainable and structurally resilient alternative to traditional concrete for earthquake-resistant buildings.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that City Hall will ‘actively explore’ releasing parts of London’s green belt to build homes to help address the housing crisis.

A leading climate scientist for Neom has warned that this futuristic megacity in the desert could alter weather patterns and amplify wind and sand storms.

An interdisciplinary team is to delve into the under-researched Roman brickwork of the German city of Trier.

The government has announced that up to 60,000 more engineers, brickies, sparkies and chippies are to be trained by 2029 to deliver its housing ambitions.

Nanoprinters are finally helping us make use of AI breakthroughs in advanced materials.

Liquid carbon, a material that could play a key role in future nuclear fusion reactors, has been made by a team of scientists for the first time.

The polar ice sheets are unlikely to remain intact even if the world manages to keep climate change to within the 1.5°C increase as established under the Paris Climate Agreement.

A new technique can produce clean hydrogen directly from seawater without the need for desalination or added chemicals.

Researchers have extracted cellulose strands from cow manure and turned them into manufacturing-grade cellulose for use in everyday items such as surgical masks and food packaging.

Researchers have developed a micro-brain sensor that can be placed between hair follicles on the scalp to capture high-fidelity signals.

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridgen have successfully conducted the UK’s first long-distance, ultra-secure data transfer using a quantum communications network.

Sound waves deep in the ocean can be used to make surface waves more powerful to unlock their energy potential, say Cardiff University researchers.

Early speculations on the fatal crash in India last week of the Air India-operated Boeing 787 Dreamliner point to possible dual-engine failure.

US President Donald Trump could be about to launch a mobile network in the US – alongside branded phones and accessories – after a number of trademark filings were spotted with the US Patent and Trademark Office last week.

The water sector is in need of “root and branch reform”, with private water firms failing to adequately look after critical infrastructure, MPs have said.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has approved the first beyond visual line of sight drone flights over the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that City Hall will ‘actively explore’ releasing parts of London’s green belt to build homes to help address the housing crisis.

A leading climate scientist for Neom has warned that this futuristic megacity in the desert could alter weather patterns and amplify wind and sand storms.

Soaring construction costs are exacerbating London’s housing crisis, according to independent think tank Centre for London.

The government has announced that up to 60,000 more engineers, brickies, sparkies and chippies are to be trained by 2029 to deliver its housing ambitions.

Early speculations on the fatal crash in India last week of the Air India-operated Boeing 787 Dreamliner point to possible dual-engine failure.

The National Energy System Operator has published a July timeline for developers to submit evidence of their transmission projects, ahead of the upcoming reordering of the grid connections queue.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the UK government’s Spending Review, setting out how public funds are to be allocated over the next four years.

Eurostar said it would bring about a “new golden age of international sustainable travel” as it vowed to run direct trains from the UK to Germany and Switzerland.