Replicating the structure and colours in butterfly wings could lead to better encryption of optical signatures found on bank notes, credit cards and other items desirable to forgers.

Thousands of jobs are to be created following the award of government funding that will allow Wrightbus to further develop hydrogen double and single decker buses.

MathWorks' new Video and Image Processing Blockset extends the company's Simulink software to allow engineers to develop embedded video and imaging systems using Model-Based Design.

Centrica has announced plans to increase its share in Belgian generation and supply company SPE to 51 per cent by buying GDF’s 25.5 per cent shareholding for €515m.

Rittal have developed a new software tool to facilitatedesigners specifying and designing Motor Control Centres, allowing drawings and parts lists to be achieved within minutes.

Researchers working on Europe’s most advanced humanoid robot hope to bring its intelligence up to the standard of its Japanese rivals. Jon Excell reports

An EU project is to investigate how to prevent the buildup of organisms on surfaces under marine conditions, for example on ships’ hulls.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded $150m to deliver a further eight RB211 industrial gas turbines to TOTAL’s Nigerian offshore oil and gas fields.

NASA researchers are evaluating new flight-control software that will give UAVs the ability to autonomously react to obstacles as they fly pre-programmed missions.

BAE Systems has received a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) from the US Navy worth up to $368m to build and refurbish naval weapon systems.