https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/646.html United Kingdom news 15 Science & Engineering news - United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/646.html en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:13:06 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/exxonmobil-is-the-latest-victim-of-europe-failing-refining-capacity-285197a Well, another one bites the dust. High supply prices, poor market conditions, and the economic and policy climate in the United Kingdom have prompted ExxonMobil to close its Fife ethylene plant (FEP) in Mossmorran, Scotland, in February 2026. 1-263450 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/693/233192.html When thinking about the impact of droughts on economic activity, the agricultural sector is the first that comes to mind. This sector is highly sensitive to weather variability, with the fall in crop production being the first direct damage of water shortage. 1-233192 Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/693/229727.html Higher education, science and innovation minister Dr Blade Nzimande says the South African delegation's recent visit to the United Kingdom will propel South Africa's hydrogen economy to greater heights. 1-229727 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:08:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/646/226446.html Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost any health condition. The idea that microalgae have extraordinary healing powers isn't as far-fetched as some might think. Though the ancient Chinese believed the microalgae was responsible for health-improving benefits, we now know that it was in fact the biochemical compounds produced by these microscopic creatures that provided the "magic". 1-226446 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:03:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/648/226118.html Following its first sea trial using biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), Anglo American said it was able to reduce its carbon emissions by approximately 10%. 1-226118 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/704/224228.html Limiting climate change will require an unprecedented global movement to make low-carbon technologies the norm. COP26 - the UN climate conference held last November in Glasgow - showed that, unfortunately, the world is far from ready for such a movement. Many leaders still assume that reducing emissions and growing their countries' economies aren't compatible goals. 1-224228 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/693/223198.html It's easy to identify the biggest climate threats: coal and oil-fired power stations pouring emissions into the atmosphere, heavy industry smoking up the sky, and the seemingly endless traffic jams of petrol and diesel polluting vehicles. 1-223198 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/693/211767.html One of the world's largest battery storage projects will be built on the banks of the River Thames in Essex, after the UK government recently granted permission. When it is completed in 2024, the battery will eventually store 1.3 gigawatt hours of electricity - enough to to supply more than 300 homes for a year. It may herald the beginning of an escalating race for ever bigger electrical energy storage systems. 1-211767 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/646/133875.html The world's tides contain enough energy to power the entire UK's electricity consumption. And, since it effectively harnesses the moon's constant and predictable gravitational pull, tidal power overcomes one of renewable energy's classic problems - the fact you never know quite how much sun, wind or rain to expect. Now, underwater windmills positioned just below the ocean surface could be a major breakthrough for tidal power. 1-133875 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 08:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Science & Engineering United Kingdom