Continuing his quest for Britain’s industrial utopias, Vitali visits the formerly thriving Bedfordshire village of Stewartby. ‘When all else fails, read notice boards’ is one of my self-invented rules of journalistic research. “Do you need financial help?” runs the one and only notice on the village notice board. “Who doesn’t?” I want
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Road rage is a phenomenon where drivers become angry, aggressive, or violent towards other drivers on the road New research by the University of Warwick has identified characteristics of aggressive driving—which impact both road users and the transition to self-driving cars of the future. In the first study to systematically identify aggressive
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Despite the number of operating and planned coal power plants falling across the world last year, Global Energy Monitor (GEM) has warned this trend needs to be speeded up by nearly five times to meet climate goals. With the exception of China, the number of coal plants dropped in both developed
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Nigerian flag carrier, Air Peace airline, has launched direct flight operations on the Lagos- Mumbai route with N450, 000 ticket fare. The airline recently started with two weekly flight frequencies to Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra State in Southwestern India, with plans for Delhi operations in the offing. The operation brings
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Researchers at Texas A&M University have shown that water-based batteries could provide a safer and more efficient alternative to lithium-ion batteries that contain cobalt. These new types of batteries would not only reduce the US’s dependence on countries that export cobalt and lithium but would also be able to prevent battery-related
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Natural environments refer to the various types of physical surroundings that are not created or significantly altered by human activity. They can include everything from forests and grasslands to deserts, mountains, rivers, and oceans. As the designers of the built environment, the AEC industry has long struggled to define its relationship
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The aviation roadmap has set a pathway for the development of comprehensive aviation infrastructure. Some of these infrastructures are visible to airport users while some are safety critical infrastructure, visible to only technical experts, aircraft, and other technical users. The bottom line is the roadmap is aimed at upgrading Nigeria’s
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Chemists and engineers find innovative ways to access water—including by pulling it out of thin air. Now, University of Chicago researchers found a way to extract even more water. In 2021, Prof. Laura Gagliardi of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry was part of a cross-institutional team developing a new
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MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete. Despite the many advantages of concrete as a modern construction material, including its high strength, low cost, and ease of manufacture, its production currently accounts for approximately 8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Recent discoveries by a team at
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Without changes to building methods, almost a million new construction workers would be needed to meet the government’s target of building 300,000 homes a year and upgrading the UK’s housing stock, a report has warned. The UK’s construction industry would need a considerable boost to its labour force or a change
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