Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy - the most powerful rocket system since the Space Shuttle - has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

A new technology developed in the US will let military personnel know within minutes if they or their equipment are contaminated with a biological agent.

A new four-wheel drive all-terrain wheelchair will make negotiating previously inaccessible footpaths and trails a walk in the park for wheelchair users.

A US professor has developed a machine that automates the production of lightweight composite 3D lattice structures.

Researchers have made advances with an insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in diabetics and deliver insulin.

Science minister David Willetts told MPs yesterday it is ‘most unlikely’ the UK’s 24 nanotechnology centres will still be in existence in 18 months time.

A new study has shown that a third of the estimated 786 heat-related deaths that occurred in London during the 2018 summer could have been prevented by cool roofs.