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Science & Nature After a half-century hiatus, thorium has returned to the front lines of nuclear power research as a source of fuel. In...

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Peter Baker has retired as  head of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), which sits within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). He will also, therefore, no longer serve as HSE’s chief inspector of buildings. HSE director of regulation Philip White (an ex-head of the organisation’s construction division) will take over Baker’s responsibilities on an interim

The electric Hilux Revo (image: Toyota)Toyota's future electric vehicles could use batteries from Tesla supplier LG, including cylindrical 4680-style ones. LG will form a joint venture over a 20 GWh battery factory in the US to serve Toyota's big vehicle electrification push, and make its EVs eligible for federal subsidies. After finally coming around on

The new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is targeting former police officers to join its team and help bring criminal prosecutions. The body, which is part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is currently trying to ramp up its complement of staff and has started advertising on Police Oracle, a news and jobs website for

A quarter of building firms that took bounce-back loans have defaulted or entered arrears on their repayments, Construction News can reveal.Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows that 46,323 defaulted on the loans up to the end of January this year. A further 18,878 were in arrears at the time.The combined total of

Offensive capabilities — Document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to disrupt communications during wartime. Mehul Srivastava, Felicia Schwartz, and Demetri Sevastopulo, FT - Apr 21, 2023 1:28 pm UTC Enlarge / The Dragon SpaceX satellite. China’s ambitious cyber attacks aim to mimic the signals that satellites receive from their operators, tricking them into being taken over or

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade. Most of these will involve small robotic spacecraft, but NASA’s ambitious Artemis programme, aims to return humans to the lunar surface by