Climeworks AG, a spinoff from renowned STEM university ETH Zurich, has set itself the goal of capturing one per cent of global CO2 emissions by the year 2025.

Sound engineers in collaboration with recording artist Imogen Heap have developed a live music production system that is controlled entirely by hand gestures.

Engineers at Stentys have developed a stent in which a side branch can be created after it is implanted in a vessel.

Shape-changing crystals could harness evaporation as a source of energy and aid the development of next generation actuators and artificial muscles.

Cheltenham-based engineering group Spirax-Sarco reported an 18 per cent increase in 2008 profits, but said sales were down five per cent in the early weeks of 2009.