A laser developed to cut thick plastic for greenhouses has been modified to destroy airborne drones and other less sophisticated aerial threats.

BP has announced an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands.

Four Renishaw employees share how they have been enhanced by engineering, highlighting favourite projects, challenges they have overcome and advice on a career in engineering.

Uhde has been commissioned to provide comprehensive licensing, engineering and supply services as part of a contract to build a $2bn fertiliser complex in Algeria.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to sell the Angel Trains Group to an investment consortium led by Babcock & Brown for £3.6bn.

NASA is soliciting proposals for studies designed to identify advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies for commercial airliners to fly more economically, quieter and less polluting by 2025.

Northern Ireland-based engineering company FG Wilson is set to receive a £47 million investment boost to research and manufacture diesel and natural gas powered electrical generators.

Rensselaer Polytechnic researchers are to develop 3D virtual patient models that may eventually help radiologists to use safer doses of radiation when treating patients.

URS Corporation is to conduct a feasibility study to examine if tidal flows in San Francisco Bay can be tapped as a source of energy.

The Department for Transport and Department for Communities & Local Government have granted planning permission and legal powers to Network Rail to rebuild the Thameslink route.