UK engineers and scientists are urging the UK government to join the International Space Station programme.

A new European plan to boost high-tech research has been unveiled by the European Commission.

Despite attempts to improve rail safety, track workers have the second highest level of occupational risk. Helen Knight reports on plans to introduce technology that should reduce these hazards.

Engineers devise method of combining disparate materials to create “best of both worlds” laser material

Dave Wilson examines the horrific implications of using medical ‘robots’ to cover ward rounds.

An international project led by Bath University could make computers up to 500 times faster by dispensing with the need for wires to carry electric currents in silicon chips.

The Swedish Energy Agency has pledged financial support to power giant Fortum and the energy company Seabased Industry to help them build a full-scale wave-power plant off the coast of Smögen in...

Ignis Asset Management is to launch a global technology fund in the fourth quarter of 2010 that will aim to achieve long-term capital growth through investing in a concentrated portfolio of around...

A group of high-tech companies in the US have joined forces to create a consortium that plans to develop a working proof-of-concept passenger Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

Researchers at Imperial College have developed an external fixator, a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture stabiliser for broken bones to help in regions where such devices are expensive or scarce.