Business secretary Greg Clark launches deal including commitment to new technology development and increased role for women in the nuclear industry

Spaceport Sweden and Qinetiq have signed a strategic partnering agreement to identify, explore and exploit opportunities in commercial human spaceflight (CHSF).

The hunt is on for senior engineers who can rise to the challenge of safely decommissioning and dismantling the UK's 12 Magnox nuclear reactors. Helen Knight reports. 

Novel soft robotics developed at Florida Atlantic University can help recovering patients to relearn playing music and other skills that require dexterity and coordination.

German researchers believe they can accurately match the colours of different body parts, thanks to the development of a multispectral imaging program. Siobhan Wagner reports.

The US Department of Energy has signed an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to build FutureGen, a prototype of the fossil-fuelled power plant of the future.

A new lab-on-a-chip test has been developed at Imperial College London that aims to pave the way for low-cost handheld infectious disease testing.

Exide Technologies has changed its Field ServiceReporting System. The aim is to speed up the flow ofinformation between the technician, the service system and the client.

Precision pressings specialist, C. Brandauer & Co. has appointed Brian Tomlinson to head up a new multi-million pound project investment in its UK manufacturing business.

Lomar Shipping subsidiary lomarlabs has announced a collaboration with climate tech start-up Seabound, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions aboard vessels.