HY4, the hydrogen powered four-seater aircraft developed by Stuttgart’s H2FLY, has achieved what’s claimed to be a world record altitude of 7,230 feet.

UK researchers have demonstrated a target detection system that uses existing Wi-Fi signals to track and monitor moving bodies through walls.

Jaguar Land Rover has awarded more than 40 UK companies contracts worth £2bn to supply components for the Range Rover Evoque.

Engineers at Leeds University have developed a simple technology that can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure ‘right first time’ drug-crystal formation.

Engineers from the University of California San Diego have developed a magnetic ink that can be used to 3D print self-repairing batteries and circuits.

Vestas announced today that it is to lay off around 3,000 staff, citing insufficient growth in the European market for the job losses.

Nanjing Automobile Corporation has announced that production of MG cars is to resume at its Longbridge plant in the West Midlands.

Steel producer Zaporizhstal JSC has awarded Siemens a major contract for the supply of equipment to a new steel mill being built in southeastern Ukraine.

Rockwell Automation is to acquire the safety and automation business of Cedes, the Swiss-based maker of safety and measuring light curtains.

A process combining comparatively cheap materials and antifreeze may be the key to making solar cells that cost less and avoid toxic compounds.