This week saw the launch of the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), which aims to bring together academics, including engineers, to improve health and reduce health inequalities.

Worldwide layer 2-3 Ethernet switch revenue increased 10% to $3.7 billion and ports jumped 11% to $66 million between the first and second quarters of 2005.

A biodiesel-fuelled trimaran will attempt to break the powerboat world record for circumnavigating the globe. According to its developers, Earthrace is a showcase of environmentally friendly...

Thanks to the use of UK-developed CAD software, ISIQU Orthopaedics has been able to make custom-made bone and joint implants.

More than 600 organisations have registered for a Carbon Trust competition to develop technologies for transferring engineers and equipment safely from boats to offshore wind turbines.

BP today agreed to sell its Colombian oil and gas exploration, production and transportation business to Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company, and Canada’s Talisman.

Rice University scientists have made an advance towards the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator.

Shropshire-based SDE Technology is leading a project to develop a new hybrid superplastic forming process that would enable it to expand into the aerospace market.

In just a few days’ time, the Hampshire town of Farnborough will once again become the centre of the aerospace universe as the Farnborough International Airshow opens its doors.