Ever shrinking: a study of the interface between silicon and silicon dioxide could lead to smaller transistors. (Courtesy: iStock/Quardia) Two researchers in China have shown how unwanted quantum ...

A giant boring machine that is digging the tunnels for the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project has completed its journey - the first on the project to do so. Dorothy, a 2,000 tonne tunnel-boring machine ...

BEIJING: In Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province, an advanced tunnelling boring machine (TBM) rolled off a production line last week, ready to be deployed for the construction of an underwater ...

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A 125m-long tunnelling machine has completed excavation of the final HS2 tunnel, marking a major milestone for the £140bn rail project. The machine, named Elizabeth, broke through after 19 months ...

The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project has completed its 10-mile (16km) journey after nearly three years. Florence - named after Florence Nightingale - has cut through the chalk ...

The excavation of HS2's longest tunnel has been completed. A tunnelling machine reached the end of its 10-mile (16km) journey on Thursday at a site near South Heath, Buckinghamshire. Cecilia, named ...