Housebuilding is central to plans to kickstart the economy, but we need to start rethinking the way we build if ‘build back better’ is to avoid severe environmental damage, says Steve Webb, Director,...

A reconfigurable train carriage system designed to allow trains to automatically switch between passenger and cargo modes is poised to undergo trials on the UK rail network

The UK manufacturing industry is calling on government to step up and do more to encourage young people to consider engineering as a career and, thereby, help to close the ongoing skills gap.

Synthesis Energy Systems has struck a deal with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company to utilise up to 15 Methanol to Gasoline technology licences throughout its international operations.

US Joint Forces Command has partnered with IBM to supply US forces serving in Iraq with conversational English to Arabic "speech-to-speech" translators, to help combat the shortage of Arabic...

Builders are being urged to match Scandinavian building standards and are devising new technologies to make homes airtight and economical to cut domestic energy consumption. Stuart Nathan reports.

Researchers have developed a low-cost way to enhance MEH-PPV’s ability to confine light, advancing efforts to use the polymer to convert electricity into laser light for use in photonic devices.

Alcoa and partners are to invest up to $400 million to upgrade facilities at the Warrick Power Plant in Newburgh, Indiana.

Researchers have pioneered a method to develop chemical-resistant textiles by attaching nanolayers to natural fibres.

A collaboration is underway to investigate the feasibility of using radioisotope heater units to provide heat to spacecraft during lunar nights.