Albion Ventures and the London Technology Fund have sold London-based X-ray imaging specialist Dexela to US Healthcare company PerkinElmer.

Defects on atomically thin semiconductors produce light-emitting quantum dots that could be useful in integrated photonics – the integration of quantum photonics with solid-state electronics.

Researchers from the UK have developed replica Martian soil that will be used to help test and develop the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) next generation of robotic rovers.

Radar and artificial intelligence could help people with diabetes monitor their blood sugar without the need to draw blood.

Nottingham University is leading a £4.5m trial, exploring the viability of the material biochar for storing CO2 from the atmosphere to fight climate change.

Scientists in Germany have developed a tissue scanner that will let doctors observe the skin condition psoriasis without subjecting patients to a biopsy.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding a project to develop and test a biologically fuelled energy source for research and sensing devices at sea.

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed technology that they claim will facilitate the mass production of nanomaterials.

Randstad’s latest Employer Brand Research (REBR) report shows that engineering has topped ‘most desirable sector to work in’.