Thomson is to aquire the Broadcast & Multimedia unit of Thales as the result of a stategic alliance formed between the two companies.

The ever-growing trend towards touch-based interface technology has the potential to revolutionise the way we interact with computers, says Chris Creed.

An extra 35 million barrels of oil could be extracted from the Tordis Field in the North Sea thanks to a new subsea separation system

A small-scale biomass reactor that utilises the Fischer-Tropsch process is said to produce superior-quality diesel and jet fuel. Siobhan Wagner reports

Removing unwanted gas from molten aluminium alloys is a vital step in the production process, but is costly and damaging to the environment. 

A novel method of locomotion that uses a shifting weight to provide a driving force could have implications at the MEMS level.

NEC System Technologies and Mie University have developed a sommelier robot with a sense of taste that can recommend a wine to suit any palette.

Drummers could soon have the freedom to speed up or slow down the pace of pre-programmed music using software developed at Queen Mary, University of London.

Banks are imposing a range of charges, increasing interest rates and demanding personal guarantees for lending, according to research by the Forum of Private Business.

Physicists in the US have designed and built an electromagnetic trap for ions that could be mass-produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical use.