Infineon and Kineto Wireless have demonstrated several IMS-based applications using UMA technology to show the seamless handover between mobile and Wi-Fi access networks.

OC Robotics has been awarded a contract by Ontario Power Generation to design and build a snake-arm robot capable of inspecting pipework within nuclear reactors.

Eurocopter, the French-based helicopter division of EADS, said that the global economic downturn has led to a slump in civil orders for its light helicopters.

Bristol-based tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines is applying for a lease from the Crown Estate to install its tidal technology in Scotland’s Pentland Firth.

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have developed an electrochemical approach to treat industrial wastewater using electricity as a reagent for purification.

A report from Cranfield University said that multi-million-pound investment is ‘urgently needed’ in technology to mitigate CO2 emissions at airports.

A joint UK–US initiative predicts that in the future it will be possible to simply produce a flat, near-perfect lens using cost-effective materials.

Researchers have overcome an obstacle hindering the use of vanadium disulphide in lithium-ion batteries, an advance that could lead to quicker charging without compromising capacity. 

The majority of the public still consider engineering as a ‘male’ profession, according to a new survey from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

The engineering sector may need to ‘rebrand’ following research that found Gen Z and millennials have negative perceptions of the profession.