Further-education participants generate an additional £75bn for the economy over their lifetimes, with apprenticeships generating around £40 for each pound of government investment, according to new...

Ian Pearson, the minister in charge of the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has the job of turning research ideas into commercial success. Stuart Nathan reports

Students at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, have developed what they claim is the world’s fastest Rubik’s Cube-solving robot.

A new 3D fabrication technique will make it possible to rapidly prototype and test polymer membranes that are patterned for improved performance, claim Penn State researchers.

Scientists working on NASA's twin Stereo spacecraft have made a discovery that could help protect satellites from the damage caused by solar explosions.

A team of scientists has developed microsubmarines that could help clean up oil spills.