Three start-up companies have been awarded free access to the research facilities and expertise at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory that will enable them to create new products in the energy and medical...

Viewpoint Each manufacturing SME was burdened with an average trade debt of £1.8m during the last financial year, suggesting that despite the economic upturn, the strain on the sector’s smallest firms...

Nuclear fusion has long held out the promise of clean, safe energy but dealing with the extremely high temperatures generated in the reactors is no easy task.

Should-cost modelling can accelerate cost savings, closing the cost gap that often exists between the business environment of months or even years ago, compared to that of today, say Paul Cooper,...

The US witnessed an 82 per cent surge in wind energy project financing following the release of guidance last year that clarified the qualifying criteria for the wind energy Production Tax Credit,...

An intelligent machine tool that can decide for itself how best to manufacture a component could speed up the production of custom-built objects such as dental implants and artificial bones.

An ultra-thin wearable device capable of reproducing the localised sensation of touch has been developed by ITT, the Italian Institute of Technology.

With urban flooding on the increase around the world, planners are making increasing use of permeable pavements that allow water to drain away, thereby controlling storm-water run-off.

From carbon credits to cutting speed limits, there could be a lot more to reducing CO2 than what goes on under car bonnets. Max Glaskin reports.