Giving focus to his company’s research activities in the UK seems like a dream job for 3M’s research director, Christiaan Persoon. Jon Excell reports.

Viewpoint Engineers often need help when they make the transition to management positions, says Neil Lewin of Festo Training & Consulting

Thales’s Peter Batley has the weighty responsibility of replacing London Underground’s ancient signalling system. He explains the complexities of the job to Stuart Nathan

Radio frequency identification is helping to pave the way for a new era in creating bespoke products on the assembly line.

The Home Office has unveiled new drug-testing systems as the first examples of an initiative to design technology that reflects society’s ever-changing patterns of offending.

Researchers believe they have overcome the problem of replicating the ribbed surface of the shark’s skin to improve the aerodynamics of complex surfaces. Stuart Nathan reports.

A new process developed on the US could make it more economical to produce biofuels from plant waste, an advance that could eventually reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

A new strategy for nuclear R&D could restore the UK to a leading position in developing technology for fisson and fusion.

Rice University scientists have used their flash Joule heating process to make boron nitride, a compound valued for its thermal and chemical stability.

A four-year project funded by the EU aims to create robots that can support security guards and care home assistants.