Jon Evans

A confluence of drought and rapidly growing demand is spurring the development of water technologies.

Battery capacity has been blamed for holding back innovation in many fields, from renewable energy to mobiles. Now nanotech is providing the answer.

After years of failing to pay much attention to science, the UK Conservative Party has launched a new task force, headed by former science minister Ian Taylor.

Nanotechnology is beginning to leave the laboratory and hit the high street – but health scares could stop this commercialisation process in its tracks.

While US companies have halted research into plant-made pharmaceuticals - or even gone bust - European companies are pressing ahead

Europe's aversion to GM crops has killed investors' appetites for agricultural research. Even in the UK, historically a world leader in this field, it is almost impossible to commercialise agricultural biotechnology of any kind.