Research and Development

Penso have created a composite door for rail use which can see a 30% reduction on weight.

Composite materials: greater than the sum of its parts

The 'New Shepard' rocket launches from its West Texas launch site as it began its historic test - image courtesy of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin targets 2017 for manned flights

An artists impression of an Archinaut facility building a dish-structure in orbit. Image courtesy of Made In Space.

Space manufacturing to be tested in 2018

A Google self-driving car - image courtesy of Google

Google autonomous vehicle causes first accident

McLaren 675LT

McLaren promises 15 new cars in ambitious new business plan

An artist's impression of a Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) X-plane design. Image courtesy of Nasa.

Nasa announces new supersonic X-plane

The DNA Trojan Horse capsules seen under an electron microscopeshow the structures empty (left) and loaded with the cancer drug daunorubicin (right) - image courtesy of The Ohio State University.

New DNA Trojan horse cancer drug delivery method trialled

A SunEdison solar project - image courtesy of SunEdison and PRNewsWire.

SunEdison struggling despite global renewable energy boom

Red Bull Racing's RB 12 seen during a UK studio shoot on February 20, 2016.

Red Bull Racing gives you wins

As well as EV systems, GM now is push the development of fuel cell technology. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

GM makes big push into hydrogen fuel cells

The Abendgoa Solar company's Atacama-1 solar site is located in the Atacama Desert, Chile, which has the highest solar radiation in the world - image courtesy of Abendgoa Solar.

Solar power cheaper than coal in Chile