Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has confirmed that work will start this summer on a cable car across the Thames, helping to boost the regeneration of east London.

The marine renewables sector will generate more than 5,750 new jobs and inject an estimated £4.8bn into the South West economy from 2015 onwards, according to a new report.

The UK government has revealed its plans for the expansion of nuclear power, including ambitions for a third gigawatt-scale power plant comparable to Hinkley and Sizewell C.

Researchers from North Carolina (NC) State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a less expensive way to create textured nickel ferrite (NFO) ceramic thin films.

Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed the technology for making a one-atom-thick sheet of germanium, and found that it conducts electrons more than ten times faster than silicon and...