£3.5m grant for UK nuclear research

A UK university has received a £3.5 million grant to build a new custom-designed facility which will research and develop nuclear materials. It was awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to the University of Huddersfield. The funding will be used for the university’s second ‘Microscope and Ion Accelerator for Materials Investigations’ (MIAMI) facility which […]

Miami hosts first all-electric car race in US

Thousands of fans turned out to watch the first all-electric car race in the US which took place over the weekend. According to organisers, the streets of Miami were packed with 20,000 people and millions of fans watched the Formula E competition on their televisions, computers and smartphones. Miami is the fifth of 10 cities […]