Unlike its predecessor, which had little to do outside the ice-bound season, the technologically advanced new Mackinaw will be able to operate all year round as a general-purpose search-and-rescue and...
As we report with growing frequency, engineers have a major role to play in addressing the big issues of the age: from developing the tools that will help society cope with the ageing population to...
VEGA has been awarded a contract worth up to €9.6m by the European Space Agency’s Centre for Earth Observation to monitor the quality of Earth Observation instrument data from ESA satellites.
Cleantech materials company Ilika is to receive an equity investment of £149,380 from the Carbon Trust to support the commercialisation of its proprietary electro-catalysts for use in fuel cell...
Alstom Transport has won a contract worth around €110m to supply 48 metro cars for the Brasilia Metro network in Brazil, as well as to modernise its signalling system.
Cummins has shown off the final stages of a £25m refurbishment of its turbocharger factory in Huddersfield, highlighting two products in development to support its customers on the road to net zero. ...
Researchers at Oxford University have won a materials science prize to develop a high-technology coating with the potential to reduce the manufacturing costs of new-generation solar photovoltaic...
Features editor Politicians’ sudden interest in developing the UK’s regions shouldn’t be dismissed as empty electioneering. There’s good reason to believe that the regions are vital to rebalancing the...
Engineers have found that length of time needed for a driver to switch from automated vehicle control to manual vehicle control is crucial for the safety of future automated vehicles.
News editorAs robot-assisted surgery gains popularity to help improve the outcome of cancer surgery, The Engineer gets a chance to observe at close quarters how surgeons use state-of-the-art equipment
