High-speed rail: Does its economic impact match its breakneck speed?
Britain's HS2 project will be the latest in a long line of high-speed rail networks across the world…
Infrastructure
HS2 stations: How the high-speed rail network will help regenerate cities
11 Feb 20With 25 new HS2 stations and several regeneration projects being constructed along the route, local authorities are investing…
How small infrastructure changes can prompt mass sustainable consumer behaviour adoption
10 Feb 20A team of scientists used Copenhagen as an case study to explore how a bike-friendly environment led to…
Inside Toyota’s new ‘city of the future’: Autonomous delivery trucks and in-home robotics
09 Jan 20Woven City is planned to be fully sustainable, using hydrogen fuel cells and solar power generated from rooftop…
Coatings for steel buildings: How paint can save lives through passive fire protection
17 Oct 19Passive fire protection coating can increase the time it takes to heat up steel to a point where…
Projecting the global economy in 2030 – and how the future of living and work could look
09 Oct 19Emerging economies without the shackles of legacy infrastructure could use new technology to overtake established nations in terms…
How scale-ups drive true economic growth – making infrastructure investment key
09 Oct 19Businesses eyeing up high growth benefit from investment in public transport and good trade links with other countries
Analysing the growing influence of Chinese architecture style in western urban developments
02 Sep 19The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has borrowed a Chinese architecture style, while a proposal…
Hyperloop companies: The start-ups vying to create the ‘fifth mode of transport’
21 Aug 19Since the concept of hyperloop transportation was first envisioned by Elon Musk in 2013, a small group of…
The technology that makes Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium one of the most advanced in the world
03 Apr 19Despite the construction delays, Tottenham fans can now boast one the most advanced stadium in the country -…