The UK government is keen to see a rise in productivity, yet the nation falls short when it comes to installations of industrial robots.

Four US research institutions have each received a $500,000 grant to develop new computational models of how the brain's visual system learns to recognise objects.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is to work with the developers of the wireless technology commonly known as Ultra-WideBand to combine the strengths of both technologies.

University of Florida researchers aim to develop a device that can be strategically placed in the brain to prevent epileptic seizures.

Wind farms installed up to 290km off the UK coast could be built more economically and operate more efficiently thanks to a new Carbon Trust project.

A letter to the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be opened on 6 May, 2005. Subject: engineering and technology. Priority: high.

Around 318 jobs are to be created following an announcement by Ford that it is to invest an additional £190m at its Dagenham plant in London.

Bringing forward the ban on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles to 2030 means the push to innovate to meet consumer demand for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) is set to accelerate...

Imperial college students are about to take to the world’s longest road in an all-electric version of the world’s fastest production vehicle. Ellie Zolfagharifard reports

Thousands of jobs are to be created following the decision by India’s Tata Sons to invest over $4bn in a UK gigafactory.