A new research project has been launched to extend the use of offshore wind monopile foundations to support larger turbines in deeper waters.
Aston University has received a £443K grant from the EPSRC to explore the use of gel electrolyte materials to make lithium-ion batteries safer and less environmentally damaging.
A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before, claim researchers in the US.
Adding to its involvement in deep-space projects, Airbus Defence and Space has secured a deal to develop and supply a guidance system for the Russian Luna-Resource lander, which is scheduled to land...
Indium-based materials are to be designed and tested in a project to enable the manufacture of next generation of computer chips.
Chelmsford-based Teledyne e2v has won a €42m European Space Agency (ESA) contract to develop highly sensitive light detectors for the upcoming PLATO mission to hunt exoplanets.
Work is underway to investigate the reasons why gender equality in the mechanical engineering profession appears to lag behind other areas of STEM.
A consortium including British Airways and Shell is hoping to build Europe’s first waste-to-jet-fuel plant at Immingham in North East Lincolnshire.
A new £1.5bn Teesside plant that will convert up to one million tonnes of household waste into jet fuel each year is planned to be operational in 2028.
