Business secretary Vince Cable has announced that the government is to invest £1.5 million in a UK driverless car trial.

GKN Automotive is launching a new Advanced Research Centre to develop next generation eDrive systems for future electric vehicles.

Emergency legislation to prevent blast furnaces being shut down at British Steel’s Scunthorpe site was passed over the weekend.

A radar device that can detect sub-centimetre movements in the chest could help prevent cot deaths and warn drivers who are falling asleep at the wheel.

NASA has selected Qinetiq North America to provide engineering services and products at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

GE and Intel have formed an equal joint-venture healthcare company dedicated to telehealth and independent living.

Global innovation businesses overwhelmingly expect improving business conditions and growth in 2015 with most planning to add headcount this year.

Planning permission for lithium-ion battery facilities across three UK sites has been secured by EDF Renewables, set to add more than 400MWh of storage capacity when completed.