Amazon’s driverless taxi subsidiary Zoox has opened its first production facility for purpose-built robotaxis in the US and hopes to build more than 10,000 a year.

Four unmanned sailing vessels have been deployed for a three-month mission with the Danish Ministry of Defence, which is trialling new technology to boost its surveillance capabilities.

The mass rollout of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has been mooted for years, but a range of challenges have raised serious doubts over whether this potentially transformative technology will ever move from the drawing board to the driving seat.

UK start-up Wayve is to install its autonomous driving software in Nissan cars from 2027

Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have published a study that reveals how giant gold nuggets formed in quartz veins could be the result of earthquakes and electricity.

Scientists from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory and New Zealand’s Measurement Standards Laboratory are set to carry out earthquake sensing tests in the Pacific Ocean using existing undersea optical fibre cables.

Russian hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on aid missions in Turkey and Syria, while Nasa and ESA scientists have used satellite information to provide support after the disaster.

A deep-learning model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory could help estimate earthquake magnitude in real time and provide earlier warnings of tsunamis.

Four unmanned sailing vessels have been deployed for a three-month mission with the Danish Ministry of Defence, which is trialling new technology to boost its surveillance capabilities.

Engine builder Rolls-Royce has launched a new version of its mtu engine that provides an 11% power boost over its predecessor.

The government has said that all vessels that operate in UK waters and dock at UK ports should be carbon free by 2050 as part of its climate change goals.

Clearly neither Los Angeles burning out west, nor the unusually cold weather in the east that drove the inauguration ceremonies indoors, could persuade incoming President Trump that pulling out of the Paris Agreement was anything but a good idea.

Since 2002, all of Earth’s continents have experienced “unprecedented freshwater loss” driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts, new satellite observations have revealed.

Researchers at Meta are developing a wristband capable of controlling devices using subtle hand or finger gestures.

Nasa is testing how 5G could help future air taxis communicate with each other and reduce the risk of collisions.

Successive governments have failed to tackle the dangerous health, environmental and economic impacts of nitrogen pollution in England, a House of Lords report has warned.

Since 2002, all of Earth’s continents have experienced “unprecedented freshwater loss” driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts, new satellite observations have revealed.

Great British Railways is a “solution looking for a problem” and could see the UK repeating mistakes made under British Rail.

Nasa is testing how 5G could help future air taxis communicate with each other and reduce the risk of collisions.

Successive governments have failed to tackle the dangerous health, environmental and economic impacts of nitrogen pollution in England, a House of Lords report has warned.

Former President Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act already had flaws, but now his successor’s administration’s approach is complicating matters further.

Since 2002, all of Earth’s continents have experienced “unprecedented freshwater loss” driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts, new satellite observations have revealed.

Great British Railways is a “solution looking for a problem” and could see the UK repeating mistakes made under British Rail.

Researchers at Meta are developing a wristband capable of controlling devices using subtle hand or finger gestures.