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The government has shaken up the UK research system. But fossil fuels, not low-carbon technologies, still seem to be in the driving seat.

A technique has been devised that allows electricity to flow directly from solar panels to electrified train tracks to the trains themselves making solar powered trains more feasible than ever before

A technique has been devised that allows electricity to flow directly from solar panels to electrified train tracks to the trains themselves making solar powered trains more feasible than ever before

In an administration that has been defined by its disdain for scientific concensus and even basic facts, it should come as no surprise that Jim Bridenstine, former Republican Congressman and President Trump's nominee to...

Two recent programmes on BBC Radio 4 highlight a worrying anti-democratic bias in discussions of science and technology.

Debates over Trident and energy policy are rarely joined up. But are there deeper links between Britain’s nuclear deterrent and its commitment to nuclear power?

Attempts to block new standards for exposure to silica dust highlight tensions between public health and corporate power in America’s fracking boom.

The new head of the EU Commission is being challenged over whether to continue with the post of EU Chief Scientific Adviser. Doug Parr explains why.

Debates about the food-energy-water nexus need to recognise that global priorities may not reflect local concerns, and resource allocations are always political

Resource challenges are highly interconnected. Can the idea of a food-energy-water 'nexus' become more than another buzzword, and help us to identify solutions?

It's time to move on from the basics of whether global warming is happening to how best to respond, says chief science adviserBritain's chief scientist called for researchers to speak out about the risks and benefits of different...

What's driving the latest push on women in science and engineering? A desire to open up science, or fuel the extractive industries?

Alice Bell: A new pro-nuclear film aims to build a pro-nuclear green movement. It needs to stop obfuscating with science, but use it to invite deeper engagement instead

Alice Bell: New pro-nuclear film aims to build a pro-nuclear green movement. It needs to stop obfuscating with science, but use it to invite deeper engagement instead. 

Rebecca Willis: It's hard to translate a distant scientific issue like climate change, but local carbon budgets, based on the Climate Change Act's national ones, have helped do just that.