The world of metalworking is returning to Hanover from 16 to 21 September. This year's theme – "Smart technologies driving tomorrow's production!" – combines conventional metalworking with future technologies, but also promises a variet...

The TFL 400 features a three-position revolving tool change system, is equipped with a HSK 63 taper and can also be equipped to house facing heads as well. It is described as highly reliable and capable of changing the tool without chip or coolant contamination from...

The arrival of human ancestors in Europe some 40,000 years ago coincided with the downfall of the cave bear, scientists have revealed.New evidence suggests humans hunted the bear and drove it from caves, putting it on the road to extinction.The fate of the species w...

Rail users in the UK are expected to be hit by a further rise in ticket prices which will come into effect next year.The increase will be based on the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure for July which will be announced on Wednesday.Analysts expect the figur...

Amazon has pledged to investigate allegations that hundreds of teenagers are working illegal hours at a Chinese factory producing its Echo devices.A new report by China Labor Watch claims more than 1,500 "interns" were manufacturing the smart assistan...

Domestic enterprises accelerate pace of innovation amid friction between China, USThe structure of China's foreign trade will continue to improve with more flexibility in the second half of this year due to its institutional, industrial and market advantages, of...

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle aims to show its potential by going progressively faster, year after year. By the end of 2019, ...

Giant orange slugs up to 15cm (6in) long are causing alarm in central Moscow - the latest place they have turned up since spreading from Spain.The Arion vulgaris slugs are monsters compared with most other slugs and are serious pests, capable of ravaging vegetable p...

The UK's highest-ever temperature has been officially recorded in Cambridge, the Met Office has confirmed.Cambridge University Botanic Garden measured 38.7C (101.7F) on Thursdaybeating the previous UK record of 38.5C (101.3F), set in Kent in 2003.A Met Offi...

Flying off somewhere nice this summer? Now feeling guilty? You wouldn't be alone.The continuing campaign by teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg to get everyone to reduce their carbon emissions has prompted some soul-searching over when, and whether, it is OK...