Researchers have created so-called ‘glassy gels’, a new class of materials that are hard and difficult to break despite containing over 50 per cent liquid.

A new method of measuring surface roughness of car body parts in 3D could lead to lower tooling costs for metalworking industries. Siobhan Wagner reports

Commercial flights of Boeing’s grounded 787 Dreamliners could resume within weeks following changes to the design of the aircraft’s lithium-ion batteries the company has claimed.

Device that mimics the functionality of human fingers could be used to move and manipulate components in micro-factories of the future. Siobhan Wagner reports.

The electricity industry does a remarkable job -considering it has to patch modern cabling into a 100-year-old network, says Allan Russell.

More than half of UK manufacturers believe they lack the workforce skills required to take advantage of ‘reshoring’, In-Comm Training’s Barometer has revealed.

The H100 Fife Project to supply homes in the Scottish council area with green hydrogen for domestic heating has signed up 300 trial customers already.

The UK must establish commercial scale li-ion automotive battery recycling capabilities or risk losing out to European competitors, a new report warns.

A novel filtration method developed by researchers at Swansea University could be used to clean-up the waste water produced during fracking operations it has been claimed.

Plans to manufacture an aerosol extractor are being devised following the development of a mathematical model that predicts the spread of airborne diseases.