US researchers are developing intelligent computer software capable of predicting when systems are about to break down or need special attention.

Monterrey’s Mass Transport Authority has awarded Bombardier and its consortium partners $244 million to build 14 high-floor light rail vehicles.

Materials scientists at Birmingham University have devised a way of making stainless steel surfaces resistant to bacteria in a project funded by the EPSRC.

Airbus-initiated project results in robotic system that is claimed to drill and rivet aircraft parts with greater accuracy and more speed.

A new mobile phone technology that monitors a user’s heart, beat by beat, could potentially allow doctors to keep an eye on patients with cardiac abnormalities remotely.

The UK and nine other countries have signed an agreement to develop an integrated offshore grid in the North and Irish Seas yesterday.

Recycled copper could be used in up to two million vehicles a year following the development of a mechanical recycling process by Toyota.

Aker Horizons' new initiative, Northern Horizons, aims to make Scotland a clean energy exporter by utilising offshore wind resources in the North Sea.

The problem of having to transport vast quantities of water and oxygen into space could be solved by a system that recycles an astronaut’s waste. Jon Excell reports

The secret to gaining competitive edge is reducing the time spent modelling design solutions and using digital prototyping instead, says Andrew Anagnost