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.
A power adapter designed at City University London is said to reduce the amount of energy wasted when the recharging devices are left plugged into household mains outlets.
New membrane-based separation technologies could provide an efficient alternative to current nanofiltration methods based on organic solvents, claims an international team of researchers.
Almost three quarters of SME manufacturers believe industry fortunes would improve with a dedicated Minister for Manufacturing, according to research commissioned by SamsonVT.
Siemens Power Generation has announced it has won two contracts with a total value of €310 million to provide power plant equipment for Vietnam and Korea.
US automotive company Ford is investing $550m to transform its Michigan assembly plant into a manufacturing complex that will build its Focus global small car.
A new approach to accurately estimating an EV battery’s remaining useful life has been developed by Eatron Technologies and WMG, University of Warwick.
Researchers in the US claim to have developed a process for building 3D microbatteries with the highest peak power density of any previously reported.
Engineers at Binghamton University in New York state have created a way to control fracturing in flexible materials, based on the topography of human skin.
