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Proposals to use Formula One technology to make buses and diggers use less energy are among the first funded under £1bn scheme to make the UK a world leader in environmentally friendly vehicles. Read the complete article published by The Financial Times, 23 April 2014

According to Karl Marx, “All history repeats itself, firstly as tragedy and then as farce”. It is interesting that the man whose ideas did more harm to Russia that to any other country should be wrong again and likely to cause further harm to Russia. The historic repetition of the ann

Over the years we have worked with a variety of entrepreneurs to help them develop successful businesses and have always been interested in debating what defines a successful entrepreneur. We recently read that for every technology start up that succeeds, another nine fail. Despite th

The creation of limited liability companies in the Victorian era may be considered one of the most important innovations of the late industrial revolution period.   Limited liability means that, in the case of insolvency, shareholders are under no obligation to the company or its cred

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases in the atmosphere – all of which are contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer. New research reveals that more than 74,000 tonnes of three new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlor

Changes in the sun’s energy output may have led to marked natural climate change in Europe over the last 1000 years, according to researchers at Cardiff University. Scientists studied seafloor sediments to determine how the temperature of the North Atlantic and its localised atmospher

GreenWise have been so inspired by some of the innovative ideas and ambitious new businesses being launched in Britain’s low carbon economy that they’ve compiled a New Year’s list (in no particular order) of 10 green start-ups that look set to make waves in 2014. View thei

Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that generates hydrogen from water using sunlight, a development with the potential to create a renewable source of energy. Their research involved the use of cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and o

UK researchers are hoping to replace potentially dangerous chemicals in cooling systems with materials that change temperature when electricity is applied. A team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is trying to develop the first practical ‘electrocaloric’ cooler, providing much