The car industry has been boosted by scrappage schemes which defied the doubters by proving successful, but if the recession really is coming to an end, this is where we’ll start to see the evidence.

Memphis-based start-up Automated Medical Diagnostics has licensed technology from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help to preserve the sight of millions of people at risk of vision loss...

Environmentalists want to ban PFAS altogether, but there’ll be implications for Europe as an industrial region if this was to happen – the UK needs to keep a close eye on the situation, says Carole...

Photonics researchers at Aston University have received a boost, thanks to a £2.7m government grant that will connect the institution to one of Europe’s largest fibre-optic research test beds.

As we report with growing frequency, engineers have a major role to play in addressing the big issues of the age: from developing the tools that will help society cope with the ageing population to...

The government is looking to Germany for inspiration for a strong industrial policy. It’s a welcome development, but the most important lesson it could draw is that policy has to remain consistent.

Intel Corporation has announced it will invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in a programme to provide access to technology and education for people in the world’s developing...

AFC Energy has been awarded a European Union grant of up to €1.96m (£1.53m) for the launch of its Alkammonia project to develop ammonia-fed alkaline fuel-cell systems.

The Council of the European Union has given its official stamp of approval to a climate and energy package that contains legislation designed to help the EU tackle climate change.

As cars become ever more complex, so do the systems and technologies required to test them. Jon Excell spoke to one of the engineers at the sharp end of this change, Millbrook testing chief John...