EPSRC is funding a £3.2m project that will see researchers explore and develop materials for the next generation of green energy devices including solar cells, lithium batteries, and fuel cells.

Illinois University researchers have developed vascularised structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing or self-cooling.

Scientists in Australia and the US have discovered a way to more than double the efficiency of thermoelectric materials.

Blockchain technology creates ‘digital threads’ that provide the connecting tissue between manufacturers, suppliers, partners and operators, writes Mark Walton-Hayfield, UKI Industry X.0 Innovation...

An EU-funded project to develop swarms of palm-sized robots could protect firefighters in dangerous, smoke-filled buildings.

The Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, revealed today that Rolls-Royce’s latest Trent 1000 turbofan engines were developed using its new high-energy engineering...

A new train braking technology could alleviate the disruption to rail services caused every autumn by leaves on the line.