Construction & Infrastructure
Engineers begin placing 15,000 tonnes of Norwegian granite to protect the 150-year-old South Gare breakwater on the River Tees from increasingly severe North Sea…
Deep dive: How Rock Armour Protects Coastal Structures
Construction & Infrastructure
Arup leads the engineering team designing the UK's first small modular reactor at Wylfa, where three Rolls-Royce SMRs will generate 1.5 GWe of clean…
Deep dive: Building Nuclear Power in Sections
Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs
Mazama Energy's superhot rock geothermal wells drill three miles down to tap 400°C heat, with each well generating 15MW of round-the-clock clean power.
Deep dive: Drilling for Supercritical Heat
Construction & Infrastructure
SSEN Transmission's £1bn Orkney subsea cable will connect the archipelago to the GB grid for the first time, unlocking 220MW of renewable energy.
Deep dive: Cabling Through the Pentland Firth
Space
NASA's Starling mission demonstrated GPS-free satellite navigation by using other spacecraft and orbital debris as reference points, a first for optical space navigation.
Deep dive: How GPS-Free Satellite Navigation Works
Space
ESA's BepiColombo has shed its transfer module after an eight-year journey, beginning the final approach to enter Mercury orbit in November 2026.
Deep dive: Surviving the Sun's Back Garden
Automotive & Transport
Honda has invested in Niron Magnetics to develop iron nitride magnets that could free electric vehicle motors from dependence on rare earth materials.
Deep dive: The Iron Nitride Magnets Challenge
Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs
Five peer-reviewed papers confirm the physics behind Commonwealth Fusion Systems' ARC compact fusion reactor, designed to power 280,000 homes.
Deep dive: Inside the compact fusion reactor design
Construction & Infrastructure
Engineers begin an 18-month programme to demolish and rebuild the HS2 Saltley Viaduct in Birmingham, raising it two metres to make way for high-speed…
Deep dive: Building a bridge over live infrastructure
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
ManufacturingBreakthroughs
A new purple radiative cooling fabric reflects 88% of sunlight and stays cooler than white cotton, challenging assumptions about colour and heat.
Deep dive: How the radiative cooling fabric actually works
Electronics & Communications
LED light pollution in cities is worsening despite energy-efficient streetlights. Engineers are rethinking colour temperature, shielding, and urban lighting design.
Deep dive: The Physics of LED Light Pollution in Cities