A world-class research centre to create state of the art manufacturing technologies for the UK's aerospace, energy, marine and automobile industries is to be opened near Glasgow airport.

A project at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) is aiming to dock two cubesats in orbit, with a view to eventually enabling mission upgrades and construction of modular devices.

Work is underway to determine how AI-driven robot microswimmers will move within the chemically and mechanically complex environment of bodily fluids to deliver drugs or minimally invasive surgery.

Researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University have developed a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibres in an elastic membrane — an advance that could lead to new drug-delivery systems.

The first ever UK Robotics Week is set to take place from 25 June to 1 July 2016, with the aim of highlighting UK robotics innovation and engaging young people through a series of competitions.

In an effort to develop new nuclear technologies, the National Physical Laboratory has signed an MoU with the CERN to join its neutron time-of-flight facility in Geneva.

Engineers are developing innovative valve technologies to ensure the next Mars rover lands safely on the planet’s surface.

Engineers are still trying to bring the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control after Friday’s earthquake and resulting tsunami crippled several back-up measures leading to a...

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A bodysuit is helping researchers at Sunderland University to develop improvements in a range of sporting activities.