Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB...
Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered 16 advanced wide-body Boeing 777- 300ER aircraft with purchase rights for 20 more. It also made commitments to acquire three Airbus A330-300s.
Smiths Aerospace has been selected by GE Aircraft Engines for a $90 million contract to supply six major components for nearly 750 engine upgrade kits for the J85 Propulsion Modernization Program.
Frazer-Nash, the systems and engineering technology consultancy, has been awarded a five-year framework contract by Horizon Nuclear Power, the company that aims to develop and operate around 6,000MW...
Software designed to improve the reliability of microprocessors has just been launched only a year after its developer, Alan Parkinson, graduated from the University of the West of England.
Efforts to provide forensic scientists with technology for speedy sample analysis will be warmly welcomed by the UK’s crime-fighters, but one of the biggest challenges is actually finding the...
In a landmark moment for the development of so-called negative emissions technologies, the world's largest direct air capture facility designed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere has begun operation in...
In what’s been hailed as a significant step forward in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a simple neural circuit able to perform...
Three companies have won a contract to build the world’s largest hybrid wind/diesel power plant, which will be the sole source of electricity for the Caribbean <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =...
Airbus’ new Ultra Long Range variant of its A350 aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time, ahead of entering service on the world’s longest passenger route.
