Lufthansa is launching the world’s first-ever scheduled commercial passenger flights using biofuel in the first half of 2011, with an International Aero Engines-powered Airbus A321 aircraft.

The latest member of the space-faring community has bold plans for future missions.

The UK and Brazilian Governments have agreed to work together to expand southern Africa's bio-ethanol industry as well as forging stronger links on science, technology and innovation.

A new facility designed to simulate the lunar surface and prepare astronauts for return to the Moon has opened in Cologne.

A new rail research institute being built by Leeds University could deliver a multibillion boost to the UK economy, according to a new report.

Scientists have developed a soft, flexible artificial skin made of silicone and electrodes that provides haptic feedback, an advance that could find use in medical rehabilitation and virtual reality.

Research illustrating exactly what happens when Lithium-ion batteries explode could help engineers improve their design and make them safer for transport and use a UK-led team has claimed.