The fuel-efficiency and range of hybrid and electric vehicles could be improved with a new inverter that uses off-the-shelf components made of silicon carbide.

There are few things more irritating than a senior management team that wilfully ignores sensible advice writes our anonymous blogger. 

This month’s Consumer Electronics Show showcased the public’s continuing love affair with the latest devices. But along with popularity go responsibilities and global realities, says Gary Shapiro.

Multi-layered carbon material could be the perfect fit for heat management in electronic devices.

Scientists have developed a triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that has achieved a world record power conversion efficiency of 27.1 per cent across a solar energy absorption area of 1cm2.

The government and industry’s joint Future of Flight action plan claims flying taxis, crime-fighting drones and critical 999 care deliveries could all become a reality in the next decade.

The complex sensations of human skin can now be recorded by AISkin, a transparent and self-powering sensor developed by engineering researchers in Canada.