Energy minister Malcolm Wicks recently visited the Docklands campus of the University of East London (UEL) to launch a renewable energy initiative.

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a method that could be used to make more efficient solar cells.

Australian researchers have developed a portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner.

The proposed Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk has received a pledge of £100m from the UK government, a market signal designed to attract further outside investment.

The first of three new sets of high voltage cables connecting Dinorwig power station to the electricity network has been switched on by National Grid.

Swiss company Synhelion has begun construction of DAWN, the world's first industrial-scale plant to deliver carbon neutral fuels harvested using solar energy.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia believe they have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate electricity from bacteria.

The strongest biomaterial ever made could lead to an eco-friendly alternative for plastic in a range of products including aircraft, cars, or furniture.

Engineers have developed acoustoelectronic nanotweezers, an advance that allows particles approaching the 2.5nm diameter of DNA to be manipulated using sound-induced electric fields.

Danish inventors have employed BASF’s Luran S to build Triobike, a mode of transport that combines a bicycle, carrier and pushchair into one.