The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the planned $24 billion acquisition by US healthcare group Johnson & Johnson of its competitor Guidant.

Professor Bantval Jayant Baliga, inventor of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), has been awarded the biennial €1m Millennium Technology Prize.

The National Physical Laboratory tests the composition of metals used in Formula One cars. And its rulings are just as stiff as the competition on the race track. Max Glaskin reports.

The Prowave microwave system unlocks the potential of natural vermiculite in an energy-efficient way.

Achieving the right balance between form and function has defined the work of Kenneth Grange, who has been responsible for some of the UK’s most distinctive industrial designs. Jon Excell reports.

Researchers have invented a new algorithm that solves a network-searching conundrum that has puzzled computer scientists and sociologists for years.