Smart coatings for surgical orthopaedic implants can monitor strain on the devices while killing infection-causing bacteria, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report.

Technology that delivers proteins from a ‘biopump’ made out of a patient’s own tissue could soon replace daily injections for people suffering chronic diseases.

BP has issued an update regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, indicating that the next provision for containment operations could be in place within a week.

A team of researchers are developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry litter into bio-oil.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded $1m of research funding from the US Navy for its FanSense digital foreign object debris (FOD) on-engine detection system.

Heat stroke or exhaustion could be prevented with a so-called 'wearable air conditioning' system, an on-skin cooling device designed by engineers at the University of Missouri.