Plastics reputed to be virtually indestructible decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water, according to new research.

BNFL recently agreed to sell its specialist nuclear services business, Project Services, to VT Group, the Southampton-based defence and support services company.

A full-scale demonstrator of what is claimed to be the first tidal-stream-energy device for estuaries is to be deployed in the Humber Estuary.

Explosives outfit Dyno Nobel is to be sold to a consortium of institutional investors led by Macquarie Bank for $1.7 billion.

Siemens Energy has awarded a major contract to supply the second substation platform for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm to McNulty Offshore Construction.

Gamesa is to invest up to €150m (£130m) over the next four years in positioning Britain at the centre of its offshore wind energy business.

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Raytheon Systems Limited to begin competitive "Assimilation Phase" studies for The Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme.

BT’s Race to Infinity competition − in which communities voted for their area to be one of the next upgraded to BT Infinity fibre-optic broadband − has proved so popular that BT has increased the...

An engineer has designed a robot to take X-ray video of sufferers of orthopaedic injuries as they walk, climb stairs or pursue other day-to-day activities.

The fastest-growing waste in the European Union (EU) could soon be helping to combat hospital infections, according to scientists at York University.