The Engineer
05 September 2011
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Babcock develops innovative anti-torpedo system
05 September 2011
A revolutionary launcher powered by compressed air could boost submarines’ ability to evade torpedo attacks.
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Defence procurement minister Peter Luff
5 Sep 2011
With defence cuts looming, the armed forces depend more than ever on technology, says MoD minister Peter Luff.
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Designing the Type 26 frigate
05 September 2011
The Royal Navy’s next-generation frigate is begining to take shape
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Energy-harvesting ships are a blast from the past
05 September 2011
This week in… 1876
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Engineering opportunities in the defence sector
05 September 2011
The UK defence sector is ideally placed to take advantage of the rebalancing of the UK economy.
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Enter the Wildcat
5 Sep 2011
An adapted motorsport off-roader could offer protection in combat operations thanks to its sheer agility.
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Innovation is critical to the future of the UK defence sector
05 September 2011
The latest round of armed forces redundancies announced last week by defence secretary Liam Fox poured fresh fuel on the smouldering debate over cuts to the UK’s defence budget.
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Skin-mounted electronics could wirelessly monitor soldiers
1 Sep 2011
A new EPSRC project is to investigate the use of skin-mounted, wirelessly enabled electronics for a range of defence and medical applications.
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Microlens array captures four-dimensional data on camera
31 Aug 2011
A new imaging technique can adjust the depth of field and angle of view of video footage post-capture without the need for complex in-camera compression and processing.
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All-electric car breaks through eight-minute barrier in test
31 Aug 2011
An all-electric car has broken the eight-minute barrier for a single lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife test circuit in Germany.
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Power plant technology could cut the cost of solar power
30 Aug 2011
UK researchers are helping design a power plant that could make generating heat and electricity using solar thermal energy cheaper.
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Company considers nanowire to be used in photovoltaic cells
30 Aug 2011
A Swedish company believes it can cheaply fabricate novel nanowire materials for direct use in highly efficient photovoltaic cells.
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Research aims to deliver EV power-management systems
25 Aug 2011
New research into electric-vehicle charging systems could provide technology for electricity networks to use car batteries for storing excess power.
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ESA research aims to integrate multiple projects on missions
25 Aug 2011
Software engineers in Ireland are working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to better integrate multiple science projects on future mission launches.
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Vesicles could help locate tumours or track medication
23 Aug 2011
A new system for monitoring drugs and disease in the body using vibrating organic molecules is under development at Nottingham University.
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Researchers design device to assess children's lungs
22 Aug 2011
Technology under development at Oxford University could allow doctors to monitor lung diseases in young children by measuring the gases they breathe out.
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James Webb Telescope moves further towards completion
19 Aug 2011
The imaging system of the James Webb Telescope has completed vital cryogenic testing at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Oxfordshire.
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Optical sensor to provide early warning of power-line defects
18 Aug 2011
A new application of optical sensing technology could prevent costly rail delays caused by the breakdown of overhead power lines.
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Engineers build impact testing device to analyse sports fields
18 Aug 2011
Sports engineers at Cranfield University have tested a device that can measure the mechanical properties of natural turf in an effort to better understand athlete–surface interactions.
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Project seeks to return sense of tactile feedback to surgeons
16 Aug 2011
Fourth-year engineering students are working on a project to return a sense of tactile feedback to surgeons using keyhole and remote techniques.
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SPR chip could provide early warning of Alzheimer’s disease
12 Aug 2011
Clinicians and engineers are building a diagnostic micoarray chip for Alzheimer’s disease that will provide a vital early warning of the condition.
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Graphene could underpin carbon-based electronics
11 Aug 2011
The Nobel prize-winning inventors of graphene have characterised the properties of an ultra-pure bilayer of the material that could provide a foundation for carbon-based electronics.
