Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
Custom AeroTruss platforms allow engineers to repair the 200-year-old Menai Suspension Bridge from below, avoiding lane closures on this vital Wales-Anglesey link.
Deep dive: Maintaining heritage structures under load
Construction & Infrastructure
The HS2 tallest bridge launch sees the 4,200-tonne Curzon 2 arched truss pushed 93m over live Birmingham rail lines in a precision engineering feat.
Deep dive: Launching a Bridge Over a Live Railway
Automotive & TransportBreakthroughs
BYD's chief scientist says solid state battery development has reached a critical breakthrough stage, with sulfide-based cells planned for 2027.
Deep dive: Inside a solid-state battery
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
A 271-tonne tunnel boring machine named Caroline has begun excavating a 2.2km Thames power tunnel beneath the riverbed to upgrade National Grid electricity infrastructure.
Deep dive: Boring through chalk beneath a tidal estuary
Energy & EnvironmentInnovation
The UK’s STEP fusion reactor programme has received £2.5 billion in funding. Here’s how the spherical tokamak at West Burton aims to deliver prototype…
Deep dive: How a STEP Fusion Reactor Works
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
Electronics & Communications
Engineers at the University of Queensland have developed a biorobotics system that transforms common darkling beetles into remotely controlled search and rescue agents. The…
Deep dive: Bioelectrical Stimulation and Micro-Scale Robotics