A new chapter in space exploration is expected to open today with the planned maiden flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

Strathclyde University has announced a £3.8m collaboration with Imperial College, London and St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities to develop lasers.

A Hampshire-based company continues to break new ground in the pursuit of innovative medical technology. Stuart Nathan reports

Combination lithography and block copolymers could lead to efficient mass-production of higher-capacity chip memory. Siobhan Wagner reports.

At a quarter to seven, having made all the necessary preparations, Mr. Latham ascended in his machine.

Honeywell has revised its Experian Process Knowledge System to aid the batch-production processes used in pharmaceuticals

Florida-based Airspan Networks and Yozan, the Japanese telecommunications operator, are to deploy a WiMAX network in Tokyo.

A website called DOepatents allows users to search and retrieve information from a collection of more than 20,000 patent records.

One of central London’s biggest renewable energy projects has been installed by BT to mark the beginning of Spring.