SpaceBreakthroughs
A groundbreaking moment in space exploration will arrive in just under a year. On December 24, 2024, NASA's revolutionary Parker Solar Probe will achieve the closest-ever human-made approach to the Sun.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Slithering through rubble and debris, a robotic snake winds deep inside a collapsed building. Guided by algorithms and remote sensors, it deftly navigates tight spaces and shifting wreckage.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Space
Small satellites, like CubeSats, are gaining momentum, given their affordability and customizability.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Energy & Environment
The logistical undertaking of Santa's Christmas Eve journey is staggering. In 24 hours, his sleigh must traverse the globe, somehow accessing over two billion households along the convoluted paths of…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Automotive & Transport
The concept of the hyperloop - ultra high-speed transportation via pods or capsules travelling in near-vacuum tubes - originated in 2013 with a white paper by Elon Musk.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Space
The UK space industry has gained a new extraterrestrial gateway in an ancient North Atlantic outpost.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Energy & Environment
Hinkley Point C (HPC), Britain's first new nuclear power plant in over two decades, reached a significant construction milestone on December 15th, lifting the domed roof onto its first reactor building.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Space
Japanese space infrastructure firm Interstellar Technologies (IST) recently achieved a remarkable engineering feat – successfully testing a rocket engine powered by an unconventional sustainable fuel derived from cow manure.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Space
The UK Space Agency has awarded UK-based launch services company Orbex £3.3 million under the European Space Agency's "Boost!" initiative supporting commercial space transportation.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Construction & Infrastructure
The UK's High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network took a significant step forward this week as specialists assembled a 1,600-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) set to begin excavating the second bore of the Bromford Tunnel into central Birmingham next spring.
Careers Civil, Structural
Space
In 2024, a groundbreaking satellite called Biomass will launch into space to transform our understanding of Earth's forests.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
UK aerospace giant Rolls-Royce recently unveiled a prototype modular nuclear fission reactor designed to provide sustainable power for establishing a continuous human presence on the Moon.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Space
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariel exoplanet mission reached an important milestone on December 5th, 2023, when its preliminary spacecraft design successfully passed a key ESA review board.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
If given the green light, a proposed tidal barrage across the River Mersey could become the largest infrastructure project in the North West.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Imagine flying from New York to London only to land across the pond in a mere 90 minutes. This hyper-fast future of air travel is approaching liftoff as NASA prepares its trailblazing X-59 jet for a history-making inaugural test flight.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Twenty years after the Concorde supersonic airliner took its last flight into Filton, Bristol, in 2003, aviation enthusiasts commemorate its legacy with model tribute flights and local events.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Energy & Environment
Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt announced a significant advance in sodium-ion battery technology for renewable energy storage this week.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
A UK startup is charging ahead to decarbonize regional and domestic flights with an innovative drop-in electric engine replacement.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
The UK government has announced a major £4.5 billion investment package to support strategic manufacturing sectors and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Aerospace, Defence & MarineBreakthroughs
Rolls-Royce recently crossed a significant milestone in its UltraFan technology demonstrator program, successfully running the innovative powerplant to its total power capacity.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
HealthBreakthroughs
Researchers at MIT have developed a new ultrasound patch that overcomes traditional barriers in ultrasound tech and brings medical imaging out of the lab and into patients' daily lives.
Careers Biomedical