The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon a $14 million contract to develop and deploy a new secure communications network. Raytheon will build DARPA's Secure...
Researchers are developing a system that uses magnetic beads to detect rare types of cancer cells circulating in a patient’s blood, an advance that could help doctors diagnose cancer earlier. It could...
A new report by the cross-party Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee claims that UK plans to phase out sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 are vague and unambitious, and calls on...
In response to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Pittsburgh engineering professor has developed a technique for separating oil from water via a cotton filter coated in a...
Overcoming UK industry’s much-bemoaned productivity gap by tapping into the potential of automation is widely seen as vital to the future success of the sector. And machine tool maker Yamazaki Mazak...
Previously chief engineer at McLaren Automotive, Neil Patterson is taking on a new role as Principal of one of the country’s first University Training Colleges. He explains to Stuart Nathan how the...
New applications and technologies for intelligent clothing may help the European textile industry fight off low-cost competitors.
For three decades the hovercraft was the fastest and most thrilling way to cross the English channel. And back in 1959 The Engineer was present at the birth of a vehicle so new and hard to categorise...
Make UK is calling on government to extend the furlough scheme for manufacturers so that they can scale up operations once Covid-19 restrictions ease.
