Blue Origin successfully flew its New Shepherd space vehicle to over 100km this week, landing the rocket vertically back at its West Texas launch site.

Engineers at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester are building what is hoped to be the world’s fastest 3D printer for manufacturing high-performance plastic components. 

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund (TMF) has pledged £70million for telecoms R&D, with the UK also signing up to new global telecoms coalition.

A new report from AtkinsRéalis has shown the UK is falling further behind the build rate of new energy capacity required to decarbonise the grid by 2035.

The Ministry of Defence has unveiled plans for an £800m programme designed to take advantage of the latest advances in science and technology.

A professor at UCLA has been awarded $2.1m in funding to build a state-of-the-art hydrogen fuelling station on the university campus.

A technical support facility has secured funding to support the north east’s low carbon energy manufacturing sector and increase the turnover of SMEs by £6m.

North Yorkshire County Council's planning committee has approved Third Energy’s application to undertake fracking for shale gas near the village of Kirby Misperton.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has signed an agreement with Dong Energy to take a 25.1 per cent stake in the 367MW Walney offshore wind farm.

Two PhD graduates from Victoria University have combined wool with gold and silver nanoparticles to create a new range of textiles.