The €43 million EuroHAPS (High-Altitude Platform Systems) project has formally got underway, aiming to develop multiple stratospheric reconnaissance platforms.
Microscope slides can now record the temperature of samples thanks to a new transparent coating made from acrylic glass.
General Motors issued a profits warning to investors as it felt the heat of unprecedented competition in its US heartland.
US research focuses on technique that could lead to semiconductors being formed in any shape. Stuart Nathan reports.
Smart inspection ‘pigs’ are being used to probe the insides of a vast new gas pipeline beneath the Baltic
Hydro and Brazilian mining company CVRD have signed an agreement to develop a new alumina refinery in northern Brazil.
BP and Edison Mission Group have announced plans to collaborate on a $1 billion hydrogen-fuelled power plant in California.
A materials scientist has developed a unique polyurethane coating that could lead to better golf balls and condoms.
A new device for harnessing wave energy is promising renewable electricity at a cost to rival fossil fuel sources.
Jon Excell explains how new developments in artificial arteries offer alternative to vascular grafts and could help patients avoid amputations.
