A consortium of UK nuclear specialists is to receive funding to research the technologies that could pave the way for a new generation of reactors.

AI-driven robots that can carry out chemical synthesis research to the same standard as a human - but much more quickly - have been developed at Liverpool University.

A vision system that helps soldiers plan a route through the chaos of the battlefield will undergo tests on both sides of the Atlantic.

Researchers at McGill University in Canada have succeeded in simultaneously observing the reorganisations of atomic positions and electron distribution during the transformation of vanadium dioxide...

Research is underway at Birmingham University to develop self-learning, autonomous robots that can be put to work in disassembly and other tasks.

Faulty wiring on aircraft can be hard to detect and have catastrophic effects. Now a new system of tracking faults is being developed in the US. Stuart Nathan reports.

UK firms increased their spending on research and development by six per cent in 2007, according to latest figures from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Self-driving vehicles could be made safer with a new 3D imaging system that senses objects up to 30 feet away.