Two University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) graduate students and a company run by an alumnus of the university have joined forces to develop a free Facebook application that detects spam...

Working with researchers at RWTH Aachen University, engineers at Ford’s European research centre have developed a car seat that can monitor a driver’s heartbeat.

CT scanning and 3D printing have helped recreate a sound from the vocal tract of Nesyamun, a 3,000-year old mummified priest.

A condition for which there is no cure could be treated more effectively following EPSRC-funded research being carried out in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Sheffield...

Pollution from diesel engines could cut be cut following the discovery of a new reaction mechanism that improves catalyst efficiency.

New orthopaedic implant devices that promote faster healing could be available in the future following research that reveals which structures best promote bone healing.

NASA has awarded four Space Act Agreements worth a total of $269.3m (£164.5m) in the second round of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) programme.

Luxury car maker Bentley Motors has announced that the company’s first ever battery electric vehicle will be developed and built in the UK.

NASA engineers are developing climbing legs for the International Space Station’s robotic crewmember Robonaut 2 (R2).