A Northeastern University computer scientist has created an empathetic 'virtual nurse' to help patients who are about to be discharged from a hospital stay to understand and follow their care...

Shenhua and Dow are to sign a cooperation agreement and announce plans for a detailed feasibility study, bringing the companies closer to building a world-scale coal-to-chemicals complex.

Volkswagen is to pay $1.1 million in fines to the US Government for failing to notify the US EPA of a defective oxygen sensor affecting at least 326,000 of its cars.

Smart textile technology developed by a research group in Switzerland could be used to develop everything from intelligent clothing to hospital bed sheets able to monitor a patient’s movements.  

As an EU and US push to strengthen critical mineral supply chains misses another target, the need to achieve this for the transition to clean transport has never been greater, says Ivan Williams, CEO...

A UK team is developing technology to drill through the Antarctic ice to see what clues to the origin of life and the effects of climate change are locked in a lake below. Stuart Nathan reports

From swarming devices that get your online food order ready for delivery to the autonomous vehicles that will bring it to your front door, robots are poised to revolutionise the retail sector.  Helen...

The BWEA has built up a £3.2m industry fund that it plans to use to develop advanced technologies designed to solve issues such as wind turbine interference with radar.

Last-week’s decision to give the go-ahead to the London Array offshore wind farm was a welcome boost to a renewables industry that has been hit hard by the economic downturn.

Features editorAttempts to create systems which allow drivers to access infotainment functions without distracting their attention run the danger of pandering to stupidity and overconfidence. We might...