Energy & Environment
Now we have cheap solar and wind power is it time to rethink ‘energy efficiency’?
Once renewables really do become dominant do we need to rethink the entire concept of “energy efficiency”?
Careers Electrical, Chemical
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Electronics & Communications
Japanese Exoskeleton gets FDA Approval
"Cyberdyne" - a suspiciously named Japanese company - has gained approval from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use it's…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Construction & InfrastructureBreakthroughs
Self-healing fungi concrete could provide sustainable solution
Material Science Engineers in the USA have developed a self-healing concrete that uses fungi as a healing agent. They hope to this…
Careers Civil, Structural
Electronics & Communications
No evidence to link violent video games and behaviour
Computer Science Engineers at the University of York have overturned traditional thinking on video games by showing there is no link between…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Drone rescues teens hours after being unveiled for trial
In a world first - a drone was used to rescue two teenage boys in distress off the Australian coast. The drones…
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Manufacturing
UK Startup fuses Engineering and Traditional Chocolate Making
Candy Mechanics, a start-up based in London, has introduced the first 3D consumable product to be created directly from any smartphone –…
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
HealthBreakthroughs
MIT spinout PlenOptika aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world
Getting a glasses prescription is often difficult in developing countries. However, engineers at PlenOptika - an MIT spinout - aim to help…
Careers Biomedical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Smart sensor will revolutionise crime and terrorism prevention
A new chemical sensor, designed by engineers at the University of Oxford, are set to revolutionise everything from terrorism prevention, environmental monitoring,…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Inexpensive Soft Robot “Muscle” Can Lift 200 Times Its Own Weight
A team from the University of Colorado Boulder have proven 'soft robots' don't need to be expensive; their brand new artificial muscle…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Automotive & Transport
Oxford could become the world’s first zero emission zone by 2035
Oxford prides itself as a bike-riding city, but the town might well become the world's first zero-emission zone by 2035 if plans…
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Ice Drones Embark on Antarctic Mission
A flotilla of robot subs are on a mission to forecast sea level rise by mapping the unseen bottom of a melting…
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Meet the AI that hunts poachers
Each year, poachers kill about 27,000 African elephants- 8% of the population. If this trends continue, these magnificent animals will be gone…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Energy & Environment
Winds of change: Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind as coal
Just six years ago, more than 40% of Britain’s electricity was generated by burning coal. Today, that figure is just 7%.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Space
SpaceX Successfully Launches Mysterious Zuma
2017 was a record year for SpaceX with 18 successful launches. Yesterday the company continued to build on that achievement with another…
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Automotive & Transport
The secret to creativity-according to science
Want to know why we seem to differ in our ability to imagine? Want to know if you can train yourself to…
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Automotive & TransportOpportunities
Breakthrough Junior Challenge – Explaining Relativity using a pick-up truck and Usain Bolt
Meet the high-school student who won $250,000 for explaining relativity using a pick-up truck and Usain Bolt
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Ground breaking lens opens new possibilities in virtual and augmented reality
Harvard Engineers have developed a novel, flat lens which can focus "all the colors of the rainbow." This is a major departure…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
SpaceOpportunities
The UK Space Agency Wants Your Ideas
Interested in a share of £50,000? SatelLife Challenge, spearheaded by the UK Space Agency, is looking for the innovative satellite ideas from…
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Space
Contact lost with Russian satellite after being set to launch from wrong Cosmodrome
The most embarrassing engineering blunder of the year might well be the loss of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket launched last month from the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
HealthOpportunities
Could The First CRISPR Clinical Trial Could Begin in 2018?
Next year might see the first CRISPR treatment if the European regulatory authorities approve a clinical trial from CRISPR Therapeutics to tackle…
Careers Biomedical
Construction & Infrastructure
Infographic – How To Become an Engineer
According to Jobsite research, engineering is now the third most appealing career to teenagers aged 16-18. Great news for an industry with…
Careers Civil, Structural