Whilst conventional digital cameras sample around 100,000 photons per pixel to make an image, a team from Glasgow University has harnessed the strange power of quantum mechanics to create a digital...

Mazda has developed what is claimed to be the world’s first capacitor-based regenerative braking system.

An acoustic monitoring system will allow engineers to rapidly identify blockages and damage in sewer pipes.

Computing giant debuts spectacular airborne lightshow to kick off major Olympic sponsorship

Many engineers dream of helping to build the latest giant platform or processing plant from scratch. But upgrading existing facilities is not only vital for company profits; it offers big rewards to...

Molybdenum-based electrolysis catalyst system has promise to reduce cost of hydrogen production

MIT researchers have developed Digger Finger, a sharp-tipped robot finger equipped with tactile sensing to that allows it to identify buried objects.

Canadian chemists devise method to protect lithium metal anodes from corrosion and prevent fires and explosions

In an ambitious initiative to keep tabs on all travel to and from the UK, the government calls on a consortium of engineers and technologists to deliver the necessary solutions. Jon Excell reports.