The idea of using electronic methods within a microwave oven to precisely detect the levels of salt and fat in food may, at first, seem to be a good idea.

A team of scientists, engineers and mathematicians at the University of Bath is to undertake a four-year project to improve electron spin resonance imaging, a technique for body scanning.

Having demonstrated that the recycling of domestic mixed plastics in the UK is economically viable, WRAP is now starting several major projects across the UK supply chain to understand how best to...

Chevron Qatar Energy Technology, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, and Greengulf, a Qatar-based renewable energy company, are to perform a joint study to test solar-energy technologies and their...

Planting short-rotation energy crops on England’s unused agricultural land could produce enough biomass to meet renewable energy targets without disrupting the food industry or the environment,...

A new Anglo/French project to study ozone pollution in the Channel region has begun, thanks to grants from The BOC Foundation, the European Regional Development Fund and the Environment Agency.

Chemists from Rice University use laser-induced graphene to build self-sterilising filters

The manufacture of space propellant tanks could be brought back to Britain following an ESA-funded project investigating the best way of making tank parts at close to net shape.

Rapid laser arc deposition method for depositing carbon and tantalum-carbon films creates near-diamond hard, high-thickness coatings that are claimed to have the potential to save billions of litres...

A steady showing from its core business areas helped e2v, to boost sales by almost 12 per cent and more than double its profits to £12m compared with 2005.