A Dutch company is looking to improve safety and productivity of the mining industry in Chile and Peru with a remote monitoring system originally developed for space applications.

Sensor technology that can monitor and predict the failure of mechanical seals has won the inaugural ERA Foundation Award from The Royal Academy of Engineering.

An AI-powered system that can automatically detect and track persons overboard at sea has been deployed on an oil rig for the first time.

Northern Power Systems, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems, is to construct a 400 kW solar power system at a Timberland distribution centre.

US researchers are using what is being billed as one of the world’s fastest cameras to identify and isolate circulating tumour cells in a blood sample.

Cambridge-based Green Energy Options has entered a £800,000 funding round to further develop its range of energy-efficiency monitors for buildings.