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Marine energy could soon supply a fifth of the UK’s power, a new report has predicted.

THE system engineer working on the world’s largest telescope told delegates at a national space conference today that there were ‘substantial opportunities’ for British companies to get involved in the project.

CDDC requires a suitably qualified partner to deliver a high profile summer event at NETPark. This project is part of the NETPark Innovation Connector Investment Plan and delivers an essential part of the Community Engagement strand of activity, called Project C.

IP Group has led a financing round into a new spin-out company from Durham University. The developer of intellectual property-based businesses said it had committed capital from both its balance sheet and its managed fund, the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund.

Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat.

A new collaboration between the N8 Northern Univerisites in the North of England is set to bring together senior individuals to encourage innovation links between industry and universities.

Many companies might be forgiven for thinking that the opportunities that exist in the space sector are limited to high-tech companies, but they would be very much mistaken. The chance for more traditional companies, like those in metal fabrication or welding for instance, to capitalise on this sector are equally vast.

A new class of nanoparticles, synthesized by a UC Davis research team to prevent premature drug release, holds promise for greater accuracy and effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to tumors.

A University of Ulster laboratory has found a simple, low cost and environmentally friendly way to turn common graphite flakes into bulk amounts of either high quality graphene nanosheets or quantum dots. Such structures could lead to new nanoelectronics and energy conversion technologies.

Orbital tracking reports suggest Russia's failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, fell back to Earth on Sunday, to be destroyed over the Pacific.