Detailed studies into the way bats use sound to ’see’ in the dark could soon be used to create robots that can find their way around hazardous environments.

International oil and energy ministers have met in London to discuss plans to prevent future oil price changes in light of the economic downturn.

Microsoft is collaborating with the BBC to demonstrate how its Photosynth technology can be used to build 3D representations of historic sites in the UK.

Over two thirds of England’s small and medium manufacturers expect to increase investment in new technology, machinery or premises in a bid to improve their productivity.

China’s Autoflight has completed an autonomous 50km eVTOL journey from Shenzhen to Zhuhai, claimed to be the world’s first intercity air taxi flight.

Researchers have combined iron, copper, and an LED to demonstrate a low-cost technique that could be key to distributing hydrogen,

Fothergill Engineered Fabrics has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,552 for allowing chemical effluent to leak into Ealees Brook.

A consortium led by Alstom has secured a €40m contract to supply eight emergency diesel generators to the Taishan nuclear power plant in Guangdong, China.

A US start-up company plans to use a catalytic fast pyrolysis technique to convert cellulosic biomass into benzene, tolune and xylenes.

ABB has secured orders worth $75m to provide propulsion, power-generation and power-distribution systems to a number of new ships in South Korea.