The Engineer
18 July 2011
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Growth, what growth?
27 Jul 2011
Politicians have been keen to talk up industry, but the UK’s latest economic figures show little evidence of a rebalanced economy
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Why aren't there more women engineers?
19 Jul 2011
New figures suggesting that the number of women pursuing a career in engineering is in decline make worrying reading for the UK’s technology sector.
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Microsoft unveils data-analysis tool for scientific work
19 Jul 2011
Microsoft has unveiled details of a new data-analysis tool that will allow scientists to process large amounts of data.
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Swiss Army knife-style tool aids Dounreay deactivation
19 Jul 2011
Engineers in Scotland are using a giant Swiss Army knife-style tool to help decommission a nuclear reactor.
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Conergy completes solar park in race against time
18 Jul 2011
The UK’s largest solar park has been completed ahead of cuts to the feed-in tariff (FIT) for large PV projects.
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Nanotechnology method could aid drug development process
18 Jul 2011
US researchers have found a way to engineer sensors onto the surface of cells to monitor how they interact with each other.
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Method could be used to enhance stem cell therapies
18 Jul 2011
A method for growing adult stem cells for therapeutic use has been developed by researchers at the universities of Glasgow and Southampton.
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Apprenticeships and careers
18 Jul 2011
Engineers can do business it seems, as an inventor wins this year’s Apprentice. But new data suggests engineering graduates are having more trouble getting hired.
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The world's first general purpose computer
18 July 2011
Sixty years ago, the world’s first commercially-available computer took up a whole room
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Alec Reader, director of NanoKTN
18 July 2011
Innovations in UK nanotechnology could spark a technological revolution, says NanoKTN’s director.
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Commercialising the Moon: the Lunar X Prize and beyond
18 July 2011
A contest is underway to land a probe on the Moon, with the X-Prize Foundation promising a huge reward for the first team to get there. The goals are not only scientific, but also commercial.
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Lightweight robots: Festo's flying circus
18 July 2011
There’s more than meets the eye to Festo’s eye-catching menagerie of flying robots.
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Talking shop: engineering entrepreneurs explain their success
18 July 2011
The RAE’s Silver Medal winners say communication is vital in turning raw ideas into commercial success.
