The intermittent nature of wind and solar power generation is one of the biggest challenges facing these renewable energy sourcs.

Seven years after plans for the Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide body) were first revealed at the Farnborough Air Show in 2006, the aircraft took to the air for the first time on June 14. The maiden flight saw the aircraft in the skies of southwestern France for four hours and five minutes before returning to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.

After extensive testing of its kinetic flywheel technology, Volvo has announced that the system can boost fuel economy by 25 percent. The company is now looking at integrating the Flywheel KERS system into its production line.

Last December, Liquid Robotics made headlines when one of its Wave Glider aquatic robots completed a “swim” from San Francisco to Australia.

In the past few years, the world of American football has come under a microscope because of the apparent increase in head concussion-related injuries.

Gimmicky - and expensive - new gloves allow chatterboxes to take the term 'handsfree' to a new level - by talking into them as they make a call.

Here’s a cat that will do more whirring than purring: a robotic cheetah cub designed to trot at the fastest clip of any legged machine in its class.

Scientists looking for life on Mars are studying the driest desert on Earth.

It must be hard for university professors ...

Anyone with a propensity to misplace keys knows how irritating it is to look for them when you are running late.