Engineering & Technology

As part of the Venice Biennale festival, the Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket has been reintroduced to lagoons via floating habitats, creating both an art installation and an ecological experiment

Construction productivity in Australia has fallen 53 per cent since the mid-1990s. Modern methods of building can reverse it, if we choose to scale them

Bangladesh, Ghana, Rwanda and Indonesia are racing to regulate artificial intelligence, but the institutions needed to make those laws work are still nowhere in sight

With Australia's fuel supply under threat and transport emissions still climbing, biomethane offers a renewable alternative. New research is closing in on making it clean enough to use

A newly designed synthetic gel is helping test potential treatments for endometriosis, bringing us closer to taking drug discoveries from the lab to the clinic

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review is now open for public consultation. With climate impacts uncertain, we need to stress-test our rivers now to protect them

An experimental social media platform where only AI bots can post reveals surprising lessons about artificial intelligence behaviour and safety

Phase-change materials ‘sense’ temperature at an atomic level, which means our infrastructure could simply adapt to the seasons – without a huge energy cost

As demand for wood products rises, native forests and plantations are under pressure. Agricultural waste products are emerging as a promising alternative