Engineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed and demonstrated a one-square centimetre device they call the ‘micromanipulator station’ to build micro-scale machines.
Personalised genome sequencing could become more mainstream following multinational research that used a $1000 handheld device to sequence long strands of DNA.
World market leading surface preparation experts Wheelabrator Group have passed an in-depth examination to receive the aerospace industry’s acclaimed Nadcap accreditation.
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has announced a €300m (£270m) loan guarantee for GME Europe to help secure the company’s operations in Britain and the rest of Europe.
Metaldyne is expanding its manufacturing activities in Pyeongtaek, South Korea to include powder metal connecting rod assemblies and front-end modular assemblies for the automotive market.
National Grid and TenneT Holding are to construct a new €600 million 260km 1,000 megawatt electricity interconnector - ‘Britned’ - between the UK and Netherlands.
A novel tactile sensor based on a tiny barometer could be used to create a new-generation of inexpensive touch-enabled robot hands.
The first ever UK-wide recycled content HDPE bottle will be available from next year, thanks to a deal between Nampak and Closed Loop London.
BASF Venture Capital America is investing $3 million in Colorado-based biotechnology company LUCA Technologies to boost BASF’s energy management research.
Aquamarine Power has announced positive test results from its Oyster wave energy converter, prompting the company’s chief executive to declare the success ‘the birth of an industry’.
