Health
Testing patients for diseases could soon become as easy as printing a piece of paper. Specialists from Cambridge have created the new technology, which uses an inkjet-style printer to put different diagnostic tests on paper.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
The MacRobert Award, the most prestigious engineering award in the UK, has been awarded to Artemis Intelligent Power in Edinburgh.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Rhinos in South Africa will be fitted with tiny spy cameras and tracking collars by conservationists, to reduce the threat of poaching.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Manufacturing
A group of engineers from around the world have made the new cap using 3D printing. The cap uses a sample of milk to detect for bacteria, the amount of which will indicate whether the milk is spoilt.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Energy & Environment
Mankind’s biggest ever search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, the Breakthrough Listen project in California, will be given $100m over the next ten years.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Construction & Infrastructure
A company has been chosen to build a new 15-mile sewer in London, to help meet the capital’s sewage needs.
Careers Civil, Structural
Health
New engineering jobs have the potential to generate an additional £27 billion for the UK economy by 2022.
Careers Biomedical
Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
Engineers at BAE Systems have developed a new masking tape that doesn’t leave behind marks. The company currently spends a lot of money on metal cleaning to remove the residue…
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Opportunities
The new British-made technology will be able to see underground and spot landmines. The innovation could help developing countries who can only clear their minefields extremely slowly with current technology.
Space
In a historic flyby of the dwarf planet, the New Horizons spacecraft has taken some extraordinary photos published yesterday.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Automotive & Transport
A major steelmaker has announced plans to build Europe’s first commercial plant to convert waste to fuel. The waste gas from the steel making process will converted into bioethanol.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Opportunities
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed Government funding for six new research centres to improve UK Digital Economy facilities.
Space
A robot based on the same technology as the ESA’s Mars rover could potentially be used on oil and gas rigs.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & Communications
Google has started testing its self-driving cars on the roads of Austin, Texas. They hope to better understand how the technology can interact with other road users, having previously only…
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Space
Scientists around the world are waiting for the spacecraft New Horizons to fly by Pluto on the 14 July.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Queen Mary University in London has been awarded ‘champion status’ for its commitment to gender equality in physics.
Opportunities
Scottish engineering firm Enermech has highlighted the success of its new scholarship, aimed at encouraging more women and ethnic minorities into the industry.
Automotive & Transport
Airbus’ new aircraft will make its historic first flight tomorrow from Kent to Aquitaine in France. It is being carried out to promote the potential of electric aircraft development.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a new sensor called ‘Q-Eye’ which is able to identify hidden objects more quickly and which could potentially improve airport security.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Manufacturing
Toyota, Nissan and Honda are working together in a joint project to help open hydrogen refuelling stations in Japan by offering financial support to the infrastructure companies building the stations.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Energy & Environment
Solar Impulse, the aircraft which is solely powered by the sun, has finished a historic 7,200km trip across the Pacific from Japan to Hawaii.
Careers Electrical, Chemical