MIT researchers have presented a set of new communication protocols that uses information about a portable electronic device’s movement to improve performance when switching between wireless networks.

At first glance, the words ‘degree level’ and ‘apprenticeship’ really don’t appear to mix but in March 2015 the government rolled a scheme together that paired the two.

Catapult Venture Managers announced today that it has invested £500,000 into Bedforshire-based Probe Scientific as part of a £1m funding round.

Crops could be stored more efficiently by deploying a burrowing robot that manoeuvres through grain bulks to record and relay data on conditions within them.

A former coal mine in the Czech Republic could become the first full scale gravity energy store in Europe, according to UK energy storage specialist Gravitricity.

The Sandcastle worm has provided inspiration to a group of researchers at UC Santa Barbara who’ve developed a wet glue for biomedical and non-biological applications.

This week’s video comes from Switzerland where researchers describe the development of a robotic endoscope to perform minimally invasive bone surgery with laser light.

We need more ‘Geeks-in-Chief’ to bridge the gap between policy-makers and engineering writes Jonathan Armstrong, Director of Frazer-Nash’s international business. 

Pfizer is to close its Sandwich site in Kent following the announcement yesterday of a planned reduction in its research and development (R&D) spend.