The first of two Interoperability Centres designed to promote common standards in electric mobility and smart grids on both sides of the Atlantic has been inaugurated near Chicago.

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin and industry partners to design and build Orion, the next-generation human space flight crew transportation system, in a contract worth approximately $4bn.

Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Vanderbilt University have developed new nanotechnology that could lead to a surgically implantable, artificial kidney.

Alcatel and Russian service provider Start Telecom have signed an agreement to conduct a field trial of WiMAX equipment starting this month.

Japanese researchers at OKI Electric Cable and Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in developing a new method to suppress micro-surge,

BAE Systems has announced a £1m three-year partnership with the University of Central Lancashire to conduct research into energy management.

Northumberland’s New and Renewable Energy Centre has teamed up with technology company Addpower to develop a low-temperature turbine that will convert waste heat into energy.

This week’s video comes from the Bionic Learning Network at Festo which has used generative design to create an autonomous swarming robotic bee.

QinetiQ and Thales UK have signed an agreement to co-develop products, services and solutions based on the Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP).

Public organisations including the MoD will be able to release their considerable radio spectrum holdings under new plans announced by Ofcom.