The prime minister has announced an investment of £16.5bn over four years into the UK’s armed forces, a commitment that marks the biggest financing of defence since the Cold War.

German engineers have developed a new smart glove that communicates the position of the user’s hands, a feature that has potential for Industry 4.0 applications.

If the technical challenges facing AACAES can be solved, it could pave the way for large-scale energy storage.

Despite having the technology available for sophisticated mass disaster warning systems, the UK government has so far ignored recommendations for trials.

A wonder of its day, the first aluminium military vessel, a torpedo boat, caused a quiet stir when it appeared in the Thames. But the wonder-metal had later problems