iPhone users who come upon oiled birds and other wildlife in the Gulf Coast region can now transmit the photo and location to animal-rescue networks thanks to a free new iPhone App developed by...
A US company has licensed an environmentally friendly, patent-pending biodegradable technology from the University of Alabama that it now hopes to deploy to control moths that can damage crops.
Advanced imaging has been used to help understand why wavy wounds heal more quickly than straight wounds, an advance promising to provide insights into wound healing, tissue repair, and plastic...
Ovako has become the first company to successfully conduct a full-scale trial using hydrogen to heat steel before rolling, an advance that could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the...
An energy harvesting device inspired by the trembling motion of aspen leaves could be used to power remote sensors or even as a backup supply for Mars rovers, according to its creators.
Dubai’s Directorate of Civil Defence has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Martin Aircraft for the delivery of up to 20 jetpacks, which will be used to fight fires in the city’s...
A consortium led by Netherland's-based Blue H Technologies has been selected to take part in a £1.1bn Energy Technology Institute initiative to help the UK meet its ambitious renewable energy targets.
A resident in Stithians, Cornwall, has become first to have their ground source heat pump (GSHP) connected to an ambient heat network that will draw energy from under the street.
Features editorAs sensors become cheaper and more ubiquitous, do we need to be more careful about our privacy — or do we need to redefine what we mean by ‘private’?
A research team from Edinburgh Napier University and horse feed manufacturer Dodson and Horrell have teamed up to run a three-year project that aims to discover what makes horses fat.
