Research and Development

The new Chinese aircraft carrier will resemble the Liaoning (pictured). Image courtesy of Flickr - Simon Yang

China confirms work on second aircraft carrier

Skylon air-spacecraft with SABRE engine. Image courtesy of Reaction Engines.

UK space sector: the sky’s not the limit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage sucessfully landed at Cape Canaveral. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

SpaceX conducts landmark Falcon 9 landing

The SLS rocket is one of the major projects funded in the new Nasa budget. Image courtesy of Nasa.

Nasa receives large budget boost from Congress

Teams will compete to map the ocean floor for the new X Prize. Image courtesy of X Prize.

Sea floor exploration X Prize announced

The new Focus Electric will feature a DC fast-charge capability - image courtesy of Ford.

Ford commits $4.5bn by 2020 to developing electric cars

The Baidu autonomous car (modified BMW 3 series) undertaking a test run on Beijing public roads in early December 2015 - image courtesy of Baidu.

Asia’s tech giants push advances in autonomous car race

PLATO will help continue ongoing search for worlds potentially similar to our own - image courtesy of Thales Alenia Space.

National Space Policy to turn science fiction in to science fact

Schematic of the Jovian magnetosphere with Jupiter at its centre and its moons orbiting - image courtesy of Wikicommons and Volcanopele

Airbus Defence and Space to build $350m Jupiter spacecraft

Hyundai N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo, showing the potential and vision of N - image courtesy of Hyundai.

Futuristic Hyundai N 2025 Vision showcased at LA Auto Show

Sajid Javid MP opens University's cryogenic energy storage pilot facility

Biz Secretary opens Uni’s cryogenic energy storage pilot facility