A new £25m centre of excellence in metrology will save British industry millions of pounds and hours in new “smart factories”, an audience of industry experts has been told in Huddersfield.

Recent press reports would have us believe that physics is in imminent danger of dying out in schools.

For years stop-start motoring has proved a no-go area for the use of platinum electrocatalysts in car fuels cells. US researchers believe they have solved the problem.

The Paul Jackson ColumnThe poor visibility of engineering in schools means that pupils are missing out on information about the sector, says the chief executive of Engineering UK. Careers advice must...

The speed and accuracy of visual inspections of metallic components could be improved, using a robotic system being tested at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.