Research and Development

Parents restricting girls’ futures

An artist impression of a NASA astronaut visiting a captured asteroid in lunar orbit - image courtesy of NASA

NASA details ambitious asteroid capture plan

Dye sensitized solar cell with high transparency from US/Greek company Brite

The companies leading the charge in transparent solar panels

Namseong Cho, President and CEO of Samsung SDI and ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer at the signing of the MoU on the development of microgrids - image courtesy of ABB

ABB and Samsung SDI join forces to develop microgrids globally

A BASF plant which is involved in the production of performance chemicals - image courtesy of BASF

EU funds €6m to improve efficiency of batch processes

Siemens new, powerful aircraft electric motor. Image courtesy of Siemens

Siemens develops most powerful electric aircraft motor ever

The new Ford GT will commence production in late 2016.

Ford uses neuroscience in motor vehicle customer research

When thinking of wireless electricity, most people picture a Tesla coil but Mitsubishi has demonstrated a transmission using microwaves - Image courtesy of Mcveja via Flickr

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieves wireless electricity milestone

The new emission-free trains will be based on the Alstom Coradia platform which is currently used by various operators and manufactured by Alstom in Salzgitter - image courtesy of Alstom

Alstom to develop fuel cell emission-free trains

Boeing testing new efficiency technologies on ecoDemonstrator 757

Bosch hopes to prove that it's DC microgrid is a cost effective way to transform commercial buildings into zero energy users - image courtesy of Bosch

Bosch awarded $2.8m to demo DC microgrid in California