Stuart Nathan looks back 5000 years to discover the links between engineering and politics. Also, he'd like you to know he made a sword.
Fujitsu has developed a carbon nanotube-based package for semiconductor devices that it plans to use to enhance the performance of high frequency amplifiers.
Six projects have been selected to receive nearly $7.5m (£4.6m) in funding from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to design and test novel wind turbine drivetrains.
A new communication device controlled by sniffing is allowing victims of strokes and other severely debilitating trauma to write letters to family and express everyday thoughts.
A return to weak export orders for UK manufacturers has combined with continued low domestic demand to make manufacturers’ outlook gloomy for a second month running.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is urging governments around the world to plan for sea level rises of up to three metres.
A civil engineering contractor from Bolton has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £9,684 to the Environment Agency for polluting Barkin Beck with silt.
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract of £241 million to widen the M1 from Junction 6A to Junction 10 for the UK Highways Agency.
The UK Department for Business and Regulatory Reform is inviting interested parties to give their views on new EC proposals to revise the WEEE and RoHS directives.