While others debate alternative methods of fuel generation, ETRI’s Colin Snape is finding ways to make traditional fossil fuel greener. Stuart Nathan reports.

Engineering companies should look at tech start-ups and their ‘Minimum Viable Product’ approach to innovation for a lesson in agility, says Martin Hurworth, CEO of Bytronic.

To ensure power transmission systems run in the most cost-efficient way a wide range of gear technology is available in many types and sizes. Colin Carter reports.

Scientists in the UK believe injections of sponge-like particles could provide an alternative to major surgery in the treatment of chronic lower back pain.

Micro-Epsilon has developed an innovativecombination sensor system, which attachesdirectly to a robot arm to allow automotiveOEMs to inspect the thickness of sprayed paintcoatings on vehicle...

Memory maker Micron Technology is to acquire privately held Numonyx in an all-stock transaction that values Numonyx at approximately $1.27bn (£813m).

Foreign policy experts have claimed that the Chancellor’s pledge not to make treasury funds available for the Trident nuclear deterrent could spell ’the begining of the end’ for the system.

Researchers at KAUST in Saudi Arabia have shown how a known herbicide can boost the efficiency of organic solar cells to 18.3 per cent. 

A discovery at Rice University aims to make vehicles that run on compressed natural gas more practical and could also prolong the shelf life of carbonated bottled drinks.

Faster, more precise and less wasteful manufacturing processes could be developed, thanks to a scanning technology that provides an unprecedented insight into surfaces at the atomic scale.