Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced it has purchased the assets of Marine Terminals, which primarily handles and stores steel and alloys, for approximately $100m

Foster-Miller, the US-based engineering and technology development company which is part of QinetiQ North America, is acquiring Planning Systems for $42 million.

Researchers from Surrey University have been given funding by the governments of Britain and India for two projects that will explore how nanotechnology will impact the future of renewable energy.

US researchers are working on a device that will quickly stabilise fractures sustained by soldiers on the battlefield.

The European Commission has imposed fines of over €79m on four companies for fixing prices for sodium chlorate.

Volvo Technology Transfer has announced that it is investing in Chemrec, a company that has developed a technology for the production of synthesis gases.

Single-junction solar cells that could reach efficiencies of 45 per cent are being developed with the help of nanocrystals by researchers at Glasgow University.