Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a way to use light-sensitive conducting organic polymers to detect and measure the polarisation of light.
Catch the tide: The chief executive of Ricardo has watched the automotive sector come up from the doldrums in the last decade
A US researcher has received $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health to develop a computer program to analyse brain scans produced by magnetic resonance imaging.
They’re not sustainable. They release carbon dioxide. They’re dangerous to extract. They’re a major cause of geopolitical unrest, and finding alternatives to them is one of the most biggest goals of...
Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys’ discovery of DNA fingerprinting has transformed forensic investigation and become the scientific bedrock of genetic testing. Berenice Baker reports
Sensors currently used to monitor the quality of diesel fuel and biodiesel-blended fuels during engine operation are unable to adequately detect certain important fuel-quality concerns.
General Motors has reached a stock purchase agreement to sell its loss-making Saab unit to Swedish luxury sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive.
US engineers have found a way to instruct a robot to find and deliver an item it may have never seen before using a laser pointer.
A lightweight laser-based communication and tracking system being developed in the UK could allow aircraft and satellites to transmit information to the ground more quickly and securely.
