Cavendish Nuclear and partners are developing robotic technology to help with nuclear decommissioning at one of the world’s most hazardous facilities.

Finnish researchers have combined the silk protein found in spiders’ webs with wood cellulose fibres to create a new durable form of bioplastic.

A nanofilter designed by a team in Australia is claimed to clean dirty water over 100 times faster than current technology.

Engineers at Loughborough University are leading a three-year collaborative project to develop a new type of antenna that can overcome problems currently encountered by the military, search and rescue...

PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA), France’s largest farmers’ union, are in discussions to jointly develop biofuels.

Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukaemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, claim...

A greater understanding of hair’s properties could lead to the development of new materials for body armour and help cosmetics manufacturers create better hair care products.

Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) – The Engineer magazine’s annual search for the UK’s most innovative, collaborative engineering projects is now open for entries.

Researchers at Wolverhampton University are working on a project to improve the identification of partial palm prints left by suspects at crime scenes.

Advanced noise-dampening technology has been retrofitted to UK rail tracks for the first time as part of the Thameslink Programme.