US President Donald Trump has signed a directive to establish a new research programme to test and validate the use of drones in partnership with states and local governments.

EADS Astrium has won a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), as a follow up to the Next Exploration Science and Technology (NEXT) study to develop a Lunar Lander.

The aerospace sector continues to push boundaries as it enters its second 100 years.

In the first of a new series of “unusual challenges” we ask readers to devise a concept system that could enable a person to walk across the English Channel.

Despite attempts to improve rail safety, track workers have the second highest level of occupational risk. Helen Knight reports on plans to introduce technology that should reduce these hazards.

A spin-out from the Imperial Innovations Group has raised more than £1m of investment to help it develop a new carbon-negative cement that will help to combat global warming.

Australia is to boost its Earth observation capabilities following an agreement to access data from NovaSAR-S, a first in class small radar satellite developed by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.

Implantable piezoelectric devices - powered by a patient’s walking motion - could be used to treat tendon damage and disease according to a team of researchers at the National University of Ireland in...

An international project led by Bath University could make computers up to 500 times faster by dispensing with the need for wires to carry electric currents in silicon chips.

A collaboration between car designers and loudspeaker engineers led to an optimum in-car audio experience.