Boeing shows off new spacesuit design
Posted on 29 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US aerospace company Boeing has this week shown off a new advanced and lightweight spacesuit design.
Research and Development
ITER fusion reactor slowly moves forward
Posted on 26 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
The world's largest nuclear fusion project, known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, has taken another step closer to completion this month.
Airbus announces flying car development
Posted on 25 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
European aerospace manufacturer Airbus Group has announced plans to develop and build practical flying cars.
Trump talks with Tesla and Apple about making US manufacturing great again
Posted on 25 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
With Donald Trump now sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America, questions remain as to how the new administration will implement its manufacturing and trade policies and what impact these will have. Arconic envisages smog-eating skyscrapers
Posted on 22 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Materials science company Arconic is investigating the technology behind building skyscrapers which can suck pollution out of the air.
Moon Express secures funding for launch
Posted on 22 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
US private space exploration company Moon Express last week announced that it has received sufficient funding to launch a craft to the moon.
London to host Nissan autonomous vehicle trials
Posted on 18 Jan 2017 by Fred Tongue
It has been announced that Japanese car giant, Nissan, is planning to use London as its European autonomous vehicle testing ground. New 3D graphene structure is strongest and lightest material in the world
Posted on 18 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new graphene material that is one of the strongest in the world while also being lightweight in form. Alphabet moves away from moonshot projects
Posted on 14 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A number of recent moves by Google's parent company Alphabet appear to show it is losing interest in moonshot projects.
Carbon capture and storage takes a leap forward thanks to basalt
Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
US researchers have taken another step closer to developing a scaleable option to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) using a new technique that involves injecting liquefied gas into ancient lava flows.