Two UK-built spacecraft designed to latch on to ageing communication satellites and keep them in their assigned orbit, thereby extending their life, will be launched in 2020.
Physicists at Bath University have found a way to coat soft robots in materials that allow them to move and function more purposefully.
Smart windows can save up to 40 per cent in an average building's energy costs but their power requirements make them relatively complicated to install in existing buildings.
A UK-built advanced European Space Agency climate satellite will move a step closer to launch this week when it is shipped to France for final testing.
An Israeli company is to evaluate a rapid, on-demand mass transit system claimed to eliminate delays and queues.
Leeds University is to lead a consortium of 10 universities in a research programme addressing Britain’s nuclear waste and how to deal with it.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has loaned PSA Peugeot Citroën €200m (£170m) to finance the carmaker’s programme to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The UK’s Catapults were established to foster innovation across industry. Dr Colin Tucker, chairman of antenna specialist Novocomms, asks if they are still fit for purpose.
A railway carriage that can be reconfigured to carry passengers or freight is one of three designs sharing £2.2m to develop next generation rolling stock.
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have introduced and modelled an integrated circuit design scheme in which transistors and interconnects are monolithically patterned on a sheet of graphene.
