Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced new investment totalling £22m to further advance the development of composite materials.

Areva has joined forces with the US nuclear shipbuilder Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding to build a nuclear manufacturing and engineering facility.

A small Danish organisation funded entirely by sponsorship is developing a rocket to send a man into space.

An electronic ‘tongue’ device is being developed by Spanish researchers in order to help identify different types of Cava wines.

Despite the credit crunch new designs for products – from deodorant caps to mountain boards – still need prototyping, reports Charles Clarke

Nanomaterials researchers claim to have made a breakthrough that could enable roll-up touchscreen displays and flexible solar cells.

The latest airport-security scanner aimed at combating the threat of suicide ’body bombers’ has been unveiled to government officials.

The Rheticus II project combines bioreactor and renewables-powered electrolyser to produce industrial chemicals from carbon dioxide

Recovery in the UK’s aerospace sector continues with year-to-date global aircraft orders the highest since 2014 at 2,188.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that robot perception could improve markedly by adding hearing to the machine’s sensing skills.