Prof Julia King thinks that more work needs to be done to improve gender balance in engineering. Stuart Nathan reports

Siemens Transportation Systems is to supply 20 new Class 3800 electric freight locomotives to Queensland Rail in Australia.

A new Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is set to give battery developers the ability to scale from the lab to GWh scale.

BP is to establish a $100m international research centre dedicated to advancing the fundamental understanding and use of materials.

SurModics has obtained an option to acquire an exclusive license from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to two classes of biodegradable polymers for use in the delivery of drugs to the eye....

Surface preparation and finishing equipmentspecialist Wheelabrator Group has added twonew machines to its popular SmartLine range,to help industries switch to moreenvironmentally friendly cleaning...

Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15 million homes and save up to 70 million tonnes of C02 by 2050, according to the government’s Marine Energy Action...

A French inventor claims to have found a way to reclaim the energy from shock absorbers as a vehicle travels down a bumpy road to provide air conditioning or transport refrigeration.

When researchers at NCLIH needed a product to allow medical staff to diagnose tuberculosis without the use of expensive x-ray equipment, they turned to 42 Technology for help.

Demand for ABB’s Industrial System 800xA has continued to grow strongly with over 2,500 systems sold and installed to date.