Commercial vehicle fleets operating in large towns and cities could halve their emissions and better meet clean air targets using technology inspired by the behaviour of ants.

Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani have won the 2018 international Dyson Award for their O-Wind Turbine that captures multidirectional wind.

A five-year project is underway that will create sensor-containing smart textiles that can be used for remote health monitoring.

The development of a fully electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle has moved up a gear with the start of engineering evaluation and development testing of the first prototype Volta Zero.

A new technology that turns a strip of gaffer-like plastic tape into a rigid tube has been developed by scientists at Lymington-based RolaTube.

US engineers have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world.

Thousands of lives could be saved annually with a rapid, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a team led by the University of Queensland.

Collaborations with universities are helping companies stay ahead of the game with cutting-edge research and specialist technology. Andrew Lee reports