Bioviva CEO Elizabeth Parrish may have actually reversed in age
Posted on 22 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Historically the elixir of life has only ever existed in the realm of Hollywood writers struggling for inspiration. Research and Development
World’s top engineers call for protection of R&D funding
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Jonny Williamson
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering judges and trustees have called on world governments to protect education spend in order to produce the next generation of engineers. Pepsi to place less reliance on cola as it shifts to healthier options
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Global soft drink giant PepsiCo released its first quarter results for 2016 this week revealing that it is currently receiving less than 25% of its global sales from carbonated soft drinks. Agriculture automation company Grownetics wins UoC IT competition
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Industrial automation has been around for decades, but up until recently its use in indoor agriculture has been minimal. Crestron Electronics expands home automation business with new Texas site
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Crestron Electronics announced this month that it will expand its building and home automation technology business with the development of a new new campus in Plano, Texas just outside of Dallas. Fanuc, Rockwell and Cisco combine to optimise CNCs and automation
Posted on 19 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Fanuc is collaborating with Cisco, Rockwell and Preferred Networks on the development and deployment of a platform that connects CNC machines with robots, peripheral devices and sensors. DARPA XS-1 spaceplane moves closer to flight
Posted on 18 Apr 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A new satellite launch vehicle developed by the US military called the XS-1 has received funding from the US government to enter the second phase of its design process.
Jacobs wins $400m Nasa White Sands Test Facility contract
Posted on 14 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded the Test Evaluation and Support Team 2 (TEST2) contract at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Breakthrough Starshot initiative aims to build interstellar probes
Posted on 13 Apr 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A new initiative announced yesterday has created a plan to send a swarm of tiny probes to Alpha Centauri, Earth’s nearest star.
Airbus and Siemens join forces to develop hybrid electric planes
Posted on 13 Apr 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Airbus and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement to work on hybrid electric propulsion systems with the aim of creating small hybrid planes that will be partly powered by electricity.