Chemicals
Is this the first ever living, programmable organism?
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”.
Careers Chemical
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Electronics & Communications
Microsoft set to reboot its carbon footprint
Microsoft has outlined radical plans to entirely reverse its carbon footprint by 2050. The US tech giant has pledged to remove all…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Space
China powers up Alien Hunting Radio Telescope
Last Saturday China officially brought its gigantic alien-hunting radio telescope online. FAST sports a massive half a kilometre diameter and should be…
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Automotive & Transport
Are self-driving cars safe?
Cars are changing – fast. But are innovations such as autonomous and flying cars a bright new dawn, or just a wild…
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Health
German scientists kill cancer cells with nano-sized copper compounds
Great news. A team of German scientists have succeeded in killing tumour cells in mice using nano-sized copper compounds together with immunotherapy...
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
Isle of Man aims to hit 75% renewables by 2035
???????? The Isle of Man has revealed a new 'action plan' to tackle the worlds climate crisis by generating 75% of its…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Space
Space Milestone to look forward to this year
Last year was an excellent year for space exploration, with the icing on the Christmas cake the first ever image acquired of…
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Manufacturing
This is (quite literally) the World’s Coolest LEGO Set!
A world-leading group of ultra-low temperature physicists from Lancaster University decided to place a LEGO figure and four LEGO blocks inside their…
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Last Chance to Enter – LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron
????️ We have just 48 hours left to run on our LEGO Bugatti raffle but are loving some of the #borntoengineerlego Instagram…
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
SpaceOpportunities
The Best New Born to Engineer Engineering Resources of 2019
Over the last year, we have put a lot of time into refreshing our sites resources section. Alongside three massive careers ebooks…
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Energy & Environment
“My team uses crossbows and drones to collect bacteria from whales-and the results are teaching us how to keep whales healthy”
"The whale scientist next to me raised a crossbow and I heard a soft click as the dart released and crossed the…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
This Hawaiian island has demonstrated it can run on 100% renewable energy
The Hawaiian 'garden island' of Kauai managed to hit 32 hours of 100% renewable energy over the last month.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Electronics & Communications
Star Wars. Does the science hold up?
As the Star Wards looms over us... we ask what is science and what is fiction? Could the technology be ahead of…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Opportunities
LEGO Bugatti Chiron Competition – Instagram Favourites
We have a few weeks left to run on our LEGO Bugatti competition but are loving some of the Instagram entries so…
ChemicalsBreakthroughs
Ocean Cleanup hauls its first batch of plastic trash back to shore
Has it been smooth sailing? No. But, The Ocean Cleanup has now completed its first successful mission to collect plastic from the…
Careers Chemical
Opportunities
What skills do you actually need to be a good Engineer?
Going into engineering for the qualifications or the salary isn’t enough (though of course, we understand they will be important factors for…
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Quantum Supremacy – What is it? What does it really mean?
Earlier this year Google claims to have demonstrated something called “quantum supremacy”? But what is it? What does it really mean and…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Energy & Environment
This German town disconnected from grid, goes 100% renewable (for an hour)!
Last month a tiny German town has successfully demonstrated how to go 'off-grid' and run on 100% renewables.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Space
Life on Mars? Europe commits to groundbreaking mission to bring back rocks to Earth
It will be one of the most daunting, complicated and, potentially, scientifically rewarding missions ever undertaken to the red planet...
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Automotive & Transport
Win – LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron
????️ We are giving away a 42083 Technic Bugatti Chiron Super Sports Car! The competition will run until New Year's Day! This…
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Energy & Environment
New Nanocrystals could transform everything from cancer treatment to solar cells
A team of scientists have used nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones. The technique could lead improvements in…
Careers Electrical, Chemical