New technology chief has ambitious plans for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Jon Excell reports

In this week’s video scientists reveal a new type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is as flexible as cloth but can stiffen on demand. 

Major infrastructure projects will be delivered more quickly through a new fast-track planning route, the secretary of state for levelling up Greg Clark has announced.

Engineers at the Ford Motor Company are making use of a highly realistic avatar which can provide feedback on fatigue, speed and strength as it performs tasks in a virtual environment.

A UK research consortium has launched GEMMA, a collaborative programme that will develop a national greenhouse gas emissions measurement dashboard for the UK.

UK hypersonic defence capabilities have received a boost with the announcement of the Hypersonic Air Vehicle Experimental (HVX) Programme at Farnborough International Air Show.

Using corn waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at 180 times their own volume.