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Volvo's structural battery saves space and weight in electric car

Hitachi names contractor for new UK train factory

Wearable robot arm wins Dyson award

EasyJet trials volcanic ash detection system

Wrinkled surfaces shed water to improve dry performance

The whirring of success as Formula E customer car completes test debut

Lockheed Martin to develop 'son of Blackbird'

A decade on from the Wright brothers’ pioneering achievement The Engineer was unconvinced by the case for civilian aircraft

November 1913: Flight - It’ll never take off

Best practice will minimise risks to shale gas exposure

Membrane aids miniaturisation of diagnostic devices

Nanocomposites to go large at Warwick

Individual fibres identified by new forensic test