The movements of a parasitic worm have inspired Georgia Tech engineers to create a five-inch soft robot that can jump 10 feet into the air without legs.
Today is Global 3D Printing Day and to mark the occasion, our Video of the Week shows how the fabrication technique is being used in surgical pre-planning.
The development of efficient and integrated smart homes could be boosted with VibroSense, a laser-based device that detects wall vibrations to track home appliances.
Heat stress caused by wearing PPE for extended periods could be alleviated with BeCool, a sustainable and simply manufactured solution to overheating.
A unique 'fingerprint' formed by microscopic surface imperfections on almost all paper documents, plastic cards and product packaging could be used as a cheaper method to combat fraud.
The 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has been awarded to Japan’s Dr Masato Sagawa for his work on the sintered Neodymium Iron Boron permanent magnet.
Sustainable power electronics specialist Cambridge GaN Devices has closed a $32m Series C funding round, enabling the company to accelerate growth and reduce energy consumption across multiple...
A research team at Huddersfield University’s Centre for Precision Technologies has developed a software system claimed to improve the accuracy of CNC machine tools.
A team of scientists in Germany has shown that liquid metal batteries used to store renewable energy can be made much cheaper.
Business secretary, John Hutton, has called on UK manufacturers to take advantage of new opportunities in the green economy such as renewable energy and low-carbon technology
