According to the CBI, trading conditions for smaller manufacturers have continued to decline, with their output, employment and new orders all falling for the second successive quarter.

A determined team and a nation’s need to succeed could see the small-scale Irish effort to extract methane from hydrates outstrip that of larger countries.

Volvo has become the first major car maker to develop an alcohol immobiliser for its vehicles, bringing the 'alcolock' a step closer to the automotive mass market.

Achieving a digital advantage - the ability to expeditiously change processes to keep up with advances in today’s connected world - is more important than ever, a new report shows.

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.

A method of modelling biological cell-to-cell adhesion could also have industrial applications, according to physicists at New York University (NYU).

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.

Dundee-based start-up SolarisKit has developed a thermal collector flat pack kit that promises to provide cheaper access to hot water in Rwanda.

Orca Offshore is a range of fresh water generators that use vacuum distillation to convert up to 70 tons of sea water into potable water per day.