Australian team uses robotics and laser technologies to tackle the problem of restoring worn and damaged power station turbine blades on site. Stuart Nathan explains.

Bioengineers at Tufts University have combined spider silk with silica to make a super-strong nanomaterial that could be used in industrial and medical applications.

United Industrial Corporation announced today that it has entered into a merger agreement to divest its energy subsidiary, Detroit Stoker Company, for $22.4m.

Raytheon Technical Services Company has been awarded a US Air Force contract to repair air traffic control radar system components worldwide.

Car giant BMW expects to create 500 new jobs at its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina following $750m in new investment at the facility.

ExxonMobil and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) have entered into an agreement to develop and test next-generation technology that will convert coal, coke or biomass into synthesis gas.

A group of Northeastern University student researchers has developed an automated emergency alert system to help elderly people in sudden need of medical attention.

E.ON has welcomed the decision by Sheffield City Council’s planning board to approve the construction of a new renewable energy plant at Blackburn Meadows.

A process for binding compounds onto fabrics and other surfaces has been licensed to Cambridge, UK-based Alexium by the US Air Force Research Laboratory.

BASF today announced an agreement to acquire resins manufacturer Johnson Polymer for a sale price of $470 million on a cash and debt-free basis.