Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft has successfully launched its first crewed mission, with two NASA astronauts currently en route to the International Space Station.

An Iowa State University team is working to develop chemical catalysts that could boost ethanol production by increasing the yield of fermentable sugars from corn.

The Royal Automobile Club’s Dewar Trophy has been awarded to YASA for the development and commercialisation of its powerful yet compact YASA axial-flux motor.

The UK risks failing the next generation of engineers and technicians if proposed changes to the National Curriculum are implemented, the IET warns today.

Plans for an automated bag valve mask dubbed ApolloBVM, an open-source emergency ventilator design from Rice University, are now online and available to anyone.

Polaron Ltd, an Imperial College spin out whose AI accelerates the development of new advanced materials from years to days, has won the £1m inaugural Manchester Prize.

ScottishPower is planning to build a 1,000MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station alongside its existing gas-fired Damhead Creek plant.

Alcatel has won contracts worth $9.3 million with Lao Telecommunications to provide wireless, optical and broadband solutions for a new phase of network expansion in Laos.

General Motors has named the outfit that is to acquire its Hummer brand of vehicles, along with the division's senior management and operational team.

ITI Energy is investing up to £9.3 million in a research project that will focus on producing large-scale 250kW Zinc-Cerium batteries.