Two companies have joined forces to develop a system to solve the problem of DVD theft.

Alstom has been awarded contracts to supply trains to Paris’ transport authority and to construct a 465MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Argentina.

Texas team develops hydrogel films that can be programmed to expand and shrink to perform complex three-dimensional movements and functions, similar to muscles

A NASA technologist is to develop a high-tech covering that would enable robots to sense their environment and react to it.

Costs to be slashed as DaimlerChrysler bids to make ailing Smart brand pay.

The use of ozone in commercial laundering has the potential to dramatically reduce operating costs by up to 50% by enabling washes to be made at lower temperatures.

Aircraft could be designed to better withstand the blasts of wind that lead to bumpy flights for passengers, thanks to a gust generator developed in the UK.

Efforts to eliminate medical textile waste are advancing in Cornwall where a new modular laundry system is making it easier to for hospitals to use reusable PPE.

Governments need to take more decisive and coordinated action to reduce carbon emissions, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project and AEA Technology.

Scientists at Nottingham University are looking at ways to use the waste from bananas, which is usually left to rot as waste, to produce fuel.