From curious technical challenges to the mega-trends shaping industry’s future, delegates to The Engineer Conference 2014 left with plenty to think about. Here are nine things that jumped out at us.

Sartorius, the world-leader in weighing technology, demonstrates its commitment to innovation with the launch of the new Signum series, a new generation of easy-to-use compact industrial scales set to...

Researchers in the US have taken their inspiration from nature to develop a special coating that they claim could pave the way for devices able to harness sunlight to split hydrogen fuel from water.

A number of communities across England are being drawn in to accepting offers of goodwill payments from wind farm developers, according to a new Campaign to Protect Rural England survey.

Omega’s new UV1000-PM universal verbaliser is an innovative panel meter that can verbalise and display process signals 0 to 10 Vdc, 0 to 20 mA or 4 to 20 mA, and Type J, K, T, and R thermocouple...

Engineers at SKF have developed a polymer-based drum support unit for washing machines that is claimed to offer an alternative to aluminium or cast-iron solutions, bringing cost and energy savings to...

The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing and remains more committed to the financial sector than UK industry, according to a poll commissioned by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...

Private company Moon Express has been granted permission by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the first ever commercial mission to the Moon, due to take place next year.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a smart material activated by heat and electricity, an advance claimed to be the first to respond to two different stimuli.

ROCOL is having an ‘open house’ at its Leeds HQ. The aim is to give customers the chance to sit down with the ROCOL technical team to look at how its NSFregistered food-grade lubricants can save them...