Research and Development

A Google Project Loon balloon in flight. Image courtesy of Google.

Google unveils new progress on Project Loon

A rendering of the experimental maglev train moving at full speed. Image courtesy of Central Japan Railways.

World’s fastest train built by Central Japan Railways

During the construction of an indoor farming project - image courtesy of Indoor Harvest

Indoor Harvest and PUE 1.0 to develop HVAC systems for vertical farming

The last step in the battery production process is the labelling and the final inspection of the battery at the Johnson Controls battery plant in Burgos, Spain

Google secretly working on new battery technology

The Baja 700 represents Shelby’s ultimate development for the Ford SVT Raptor platform with over 700hp via a Whipple supercharger system.

New street legal Shelby Baja 700 Raptor to deliver over 700bhp

A logging operation - image courtesy of Campaign to STOP GE Trees

Groups outraged at Brazil’s decision to allow genetically engineered trees

The 2015 Hyundai Equus. Image courtesy of Hyundai Motor.

Hyundai plans to release semi-autonomous car in 2015

Virginia Tech professor Percival Zhang and recent doctoral graduate Joe Rollin. Image courtesy of Virginia Tech

Hydrogen breakthrough opens road for fuel cell vehicles

Hawk-Advanced-Jet-Trainer-aircraft-manufactured-at-BAE-Systems industrial strategy

Microwaves to speed up production of aerospace components

ARM's new chip could be used in medical robots. Image Courtesy of Intuitive Surgical

Johnson & Johnson to build surgical robots with Google

Sir Kostya Novoselov (left, one of two graphene Nobel laureates) demonstrating the graphene lightbulb developed by the University of Manchester to Chancellor George Osborne. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

UK scientists launch first ever graphene light bulb