Patent applications for satellite-based technologies have doubled in the last five years, according to patent and trademark attorney Withers & Rogers.

Romania's National Institute of Materials Physics has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into oxide materials

Prof Jerzy Rozenblit from the University of Arizona has received a grant to design computer software that can analyse volatile military situations.

A sea-going vessel featuring a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) will generate electricity to replenish a new breed of battery driven cruise ships.

Australian cricket bat promises more comfort thanks to a handle equipped with piezoelectric sensors and a vibration-absorbing synthetic material. Siobhan Wagner reports.

Researchers have succeeded in building a cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that could work reliably and efficiently with the smallest microelectronic components.

The Paul Jackson column Employers have a very important role to play in delivering the careers information and inspiration needed in schools

Senior Reporter Around 30 per cent of Britain might be geologically suitable for a nuclear disposal facility, but towns around the UK aren’t lining up to host it.

Any form of carbon-based matter can be transformed into so-called flash graphene with a process that heats carbon-containing materials to 3,000K for 10 milliseconds.

Debilitating migraines are a common consequence of spinal-cord injuries, triggered by a chemical messenger in the brain that spikes very quickly to toxic levels.