Polar Technology is using this month’s Farnborough Airshow to debut a hydrogen storage solution that promises to triple the range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

An alloy that hardens aluminium without significantly increasing its weight could one day lead to manned missions in spacecraft that are light and resistant to radiation.

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Kevin Matthews of Oxonica has diversified the company’s portfolio from fuel additives to medical applications — a move that seems to have paid off.

Drones fitted with thermal-imaging cameras are being used to monitor orangutans in Borneo, an advance that can be used to measure populations of different species of animal.

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.

According to the Aerospace Industries Association, the US aerospace industry expanded its foreign trade surplus in 2004, increasing the positive balance by $4 billion to reach $31 billion.

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot dog has been successfully put to work in a remote construction setting to collect data and create site records.