A leading UK provider of quality capital equipment and turnkey systems is defying the recession by investing over a million pounds in improvements at its factory in Sherborne.

Mobile phone signal capacity could escalate with better quality video and quicker file downloads ifhandsets in a local area work together, UK researchers claim.

Researchers at the University of Valencia’s Institute of Materials Science are developing a system based on photonic biosensors for the rapid diagnosis of food allergies.

Cambridge Consultants has released a software development toolset that extends the application potential of the leading single-chip platform for Bluetooth applications, CSR’s BlueCore family of ICs.

The alliance responsible for delivering the UK’s Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers is awarding four more sub-contracts worth almost £33.2m.