A new software tool that allows pilots to easily adjust altitude settings based on a visual display of wind data is helping aviators to reduce fuel use.

NEC Electronics and Elpida Memory are to form a joint venture to design display driver ICs which are used used in LCD and plasma displays.

Thales Alenia Space has awarded Chelmsford-based e2v a contract to supply charged-couple device image sensors to be used in ESA’s Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite.

Alstom has started construction work on its new technology centre and training academy in Widnes, a development that is expected to create up to 600 jobs.

Micro-emulsion technology specialists, Surface Active Solutions (SAS) has signed an 18-year supply contract to a market estimated to be worth over £50 million across Europe.

Global aluminium producer Alcoa has agreed to sell its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity group.

Researchers at UC Davis have developed a control system that allows a robot to pick up on behavioural cues enabling it to accurately follow another robot.

Motorists wanting to switch to electric and ultra-low-carbon cars in 2011 now have a choice of nine vehicles eligible for money-off grants.

An innovative marine thruster developed by engineers at Rolls-Royce is claimed to be both more powerful and easier to maintain than existing technology.