Broadband Internet access via satellite is being offered to passengers on the Thalys train running between Brussels and Paris.

North east engineers have been awarded £20,000 by Design Network North to develop a new rotary wave energy generator.

The Bush administration has decided it has other priorities more important than to maintain the Hubble telescope.

European researchers are using a €3m (£2.6m) grant to investigate whether MRI is a suitable tool for monitoring Crohn’s disease.

Physicists at Technische Universität München (TUM) are using graphene to produce key elements of an artificial retina.

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

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

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

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.