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.

Canadian team develops hydrogen generator with a view to powering take-anywhere chargers and battery replacements for mobiles, PDAs and laptops. Siobhan Wagner reports.

Handheld, tricorder-style devices that perform on-the-spot chemical analysis are a step closer following the application of carbon nanotubes to sample swabs. 

The first example of bioelectronic medicine has seen a biodegradable wireless device implanted into a rat to speed the regeneration of nerves.

Roboticists are increasingly devising ways for machines to operate in situations involving extreme heat, cold, pressure and danger. Stuart Nathan and Jon Excell report

German engineers have recently completed shock tunnel testing of a novel SCRamjet engine which might someday allow better access to space.

Biomedical implants or soft robots that reconfigure on demand are a step closer thanks to a new method of printing morphing  materials.

The quest to produce more efficient and versatile solar panels has been given a boost by a micro-inverter system developed by Enecsys, a Cambridge University spin-out.