Mutant enzyme can break down PET plastic in matter of hours
SCIENTISTS have developed a bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling — within hours.
The “mutant” enzyme, engineered after being found in a...
AI to the rescue? Oxford-based firm enters partnership to crack COVID-19
AN AI-DRIVEN drug-discovery company in the UK has entered a joint initiative to advance compounds that could treat COVID-19.
Oxford-based Exscientia has teamed-up with Diamond...
Coronavirus co-operation across sectors comes up with promising equipment
THE MERCEDES F1 team is an unlikely player in the medical field, but it has had a major role in the development of a...
EV News Round-up Spring 2020
By RICHARD THOMAS
APART from range anxiety, the main reservation about electric vehicles (EVs) has been the question of whether they are actually "greener" than...
EV News Round-up Winter 2019-20
By RICHARD THOMAS
THE MOST-CLICKED recent news story in the world of electric vehicles has been the launch of the Tesla Cybertruck.
In itself that wouldn’t...
Chicken-and-egg dilemma for the EV market: do we need more charging...
By HAL WILLIAMS
ELECTRIC vehicles may well be the future, but their uptake and the infrastructural challenges of providing charging points for them is part...
Bloodhound LSR saved by enterprising engineer
Brits are back in the bid for a land-speed record, and RICHARD THOMAS has a good sniff around. And despite the recent trend in...
The future isn’t here, but it’s coming towards you – fast!
BV’s RICHARD THOMAS gazes into his (liquid) crystal ball and shares visions of future technology, from fusion power to, well, flying cars…
FUSION power is,...
New tech combines with old-school values in success story
BANCO Ripley Perú has been spotting new developments in the digital world to boost the group's strategy of introducing technological improvements in financial operations...
Robotic back-seat driver bid meets opposition from Acea
AN EU SAFETY technology proposal which could theoretically save lives is being fought by car industry lobbyists, according to news reports.
The European Automobile Manufacturers...
