Engineering stories whose deep dive explains electronic and mechanical systems, ready to use as a starter, a reading task or a real-world example. Each one links to the GCSE and A level curriculum.
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Skyports Drone Services delivered 65 kg cargo loads to Orsted's Hornsea 2 wind turbines off Yorkshire using heavy-lift drones, cutting logistics costs and turbine…
Automotive & Transport
LKAB deploys 120-tonne battery-electric mining trucks from Scania at its Malmberget iron ore mine, operating over 1,250 metres below ground.
Deep dive: Electrifying the heaviest vehicles on earth
Health
HemaDyne, an accordion blood flow pump developed at Texas A&M, replicates human arterial waveforms on lab-on-a-chip systems with millisecond precision.
Deep dive: how the accordion blood flow pump works
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
The Lower Thames Crossing tunnel boring machine will be Europe's largest at 16.4m diameter, built by Herrenknecht to dig the UK's longest road tunnel.
Deep dive: How the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel boring machine works
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
A modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot named Pemba completed a volcano climb to 6,200 metres on Ecuador's Chimborazo, testing extreme-altitude robotics.
Deep dive: Building a Robot That Survives at 6,200 Metres
Aerospace, Defence & MarineBreakthroughs
SpaceX's Starship V3 test flight launched from Starbase Texas, standing 124m tall with 33 Raptor 3 engines and carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites.
Deep dive: How 33 Engines Talk to One Computer
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
A robotic underwater diving exoskeleton from Shenzhen reduces diver oxygen consumption by 40%. Here's the engineering behind real-time adaptive assistance.
Deep dive: Adapting to a Moving Target in a Viscous Medium
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
Rivian and Redwood Materials deployed 10 MWh of second-life EV battery storage at an Illinois factory. Here's the engineering behind repurposed battery packs.
Deep dive: Making Old Batteries Work Together
HealthInnovation
China has approved the world's first commercial brain computer interface implant. Neuracle's coin-sized device reads neural signals to restore hand movement in paralysis patients.
Deep dive: How a Brain Computer Interface Implant Works
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Dubai becomes the world's first city with electric air taxis in 2026. Discover the engineering breakthroughs behind Joby Aviation's S4 eVTOL aircraft, vertiport infrastructure,…
Deep dive: How Does Electric VTOL Technology Work?
Construction & Infrastructure
A consortium comprising Alstom, FCC, John Laing, Meridiam and RATP Dev has formalised its intent to bid for Dublin's MetroLink project through a Memorandum…
Deep dive: Automated Metro Systems
Electronics & Communications
A UK-Brazilian engineering partnership has developed a one-meter-long flexible robotic tentacle that could reduce the need for human divers and large support vessels in…
Deep dive: Soft Robotics in Subsea Applications