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Spain examines signalling and operational failures after high-speed train disaster

At least 69 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two high-speed trains collided on the Madrid-Seville railway south of the Spanish capital, in the second fatal high-speed rail accid...

Meta's $6.6B research tax credits questioned amid massive AI data center buildout

Meta's rapidly expanding AI infrastructure programme is drawing congressional scrutiny over whether expenses associated with the design, construction and operation of highly specialised data centers s...

US civil engineering salaries increases as demand continues to outpace supply

Civil engineering salaries in the United States have continued their multiyear rise, with average base pay reaching $152,000 in 2026 as demand for experienced engineers remains strong across much of t...

Ohio pharmaceutical growth continues with $2.2B Bayer project

Bayer is preparing a $2.2 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in New Albany, Ohio, with construction expected to begin in mid-2027 and the first production module targeted to become operationa...

NTNU demonstrates autonomous remote inspection of seabed gas pipelines in Norway

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have demonstrated autonomous inspection of seabed gas pipeline infrastructure using small, low-cost unmanned vessels operated r...

USD100bn Louisiana spaceport plan brings industrial-scale launch infrastructure to the Gulf Coast

SpaceX has announced plans for a USD100bn spaceport across 125,000 acres in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, setting out a project that would combine launch pads, propellant production, power generation,...

MIMIC project combines InSAR satellite data with structural models for infrastructure monitoring

The MIMIC project, a Demonstrator project funded by NWO (the Dutch Research Council), is developing an integrated monitoring approach that combines Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) sat...

Lund University develops branched nanowire led to reduce light trapping losses

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new type of light-emitting diode based on thin branched nanowires, designed to achieve significantly higher efficiency and lower production costs compar...

Astronomers detect exocomet evidence in young planetary system PDS 70

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets — comets located in other solar systems — orbiting a young star in the planetary system PDS 70. The system is just over five m...

GBP16m Barbican package highlights complexity of structural retrofit

A GBP16m demolition and structures package is being prepared for the Barbican Renewal Programme in London, placing structural sequencing, temporary works and careful intervention at the centre of the...

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