Neural Concept, a Swiss startup using AI to turbocharge product engineering, has raised $27m in its Series B funding round.

Intel Corporation has announced plans to build a new 300nm wafer fabrication facility at its site in Chandler, Arizona.

The US Department of Energy has awarded more than $126.6m to fund two large-scale carbon sequestration projects.

Researchers at Washington State University Spokane have developed a new way to detect when drivers are becoming drowsy.

Areva has signed a contract to supply Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel for Japan’s Ohma nuclear power plant.

Airtricity has entered into joint venture partnerships to further its plans for wind farm development in Portugal.

Japanese electronics company Toshiba is to acquire integrated energy management provider Landis+Gyr for $2.3bn (£1.4bn) in cash.

Technology employed to protect banknotes from counterfeiters has been introduced into a prototype £1 coin by The Royal Mint. 

A novel platinum-chromium (PtCr) alloy is being used to make more flexible and comfortable coronary stents.

UAE-based SEWA has chosen Rolls-Royce generation sets to boost the output from its Wasit power plant.