Features editor The difference between a mechanic and a graduate engineer used to be clearly understood. Industry needs to take back the responsibility for teaching basic skills, and not expect others...
A new study from Nottingham University has discovered how to use inkjet-printed graphene to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability to convert light into...
A robotic limb equipped with knee and ankle joints that constantly “talk” to each other, allowing the leg to adapt to its environment, has been nominated for the 2016 MacRobert Award.
A new sensor designed to alert aircraft maintenance personnel to a wiring clamp failure is showing promise for other applications as well, according to its inventor Bob Kauffman, a research chemist at...
With Micro Additive Manufacturing continuing to establish itself as the go-to technology option for manufacturers, Ziki Peled, GM – Additive Division at Nano Dimension, looks at its potential to...
Shenhua and Dow are to sign a cooperation agreement and announce plans for a detailed feasibility study, bringing the companies closer to building a world-scale coal-to-chemicals complex.
Volkswagen is to pay $1.1 million in fines to the US Government for failing to notify the US EPA of a defective oxygen sensor affecting at least 326,000 of its cars.
A Northeastern University computer scientist has created an empathetic 'virtual nurse' to help patients who are about to be discharged from a hospital stay to understand and follow their care...
From swarming devices that get your online food order ready for delivery to the autonomous vehicles that will bring it to your front door, robots are poised to revolutionise the retail sector. Helen...
