UK researchers are hoping to make cheaper, stronger, more environmentally friendly bioplastics by using microbes to extract chemicals from paper industry waste products.

Resilience to extreme conditions by the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material for conducting electricity could transform the electronic industry, according to a new study.

BOC has signed a 10-year agreement with Biofuels Corporation to supply nitrogen and compressed air to the company’s new plant at Seal Sands, Teesside.

While energy-efficient double glazing prevents heat loss through windows, it also causes temperatures to rise to unacceptable levels in conservatories and other highly glazed rooms.

Slower than expected export growth to non-EU markets is creating added pressure for a barrier-free Brexit deal according to a new report from the EEF.

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have developed new ionic liquids to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics.

Gravitricity has been awarded a £912,000 government grant to develop plans for a multi-weight energy storage system to be built on a brownfield site in the UK.

Sports-related injuries to knees, ankles and elbows could be fixed one day with 3D-printed artificial tissues designed to help heal bone and cartilage.

Researchers in Taiwan are planning to use grid computing to visualise the motion of earthquakes after they occur. They hope this will cut the time of creating ’shake movies’ from a few hours to just...

A repair robot modelled on the flexibility of snakes to access hard-to-reach places in industrial environments is now being modified for use in human surgery.