Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis.
A team from MIT’s Field and Space Robotics Laboratory (FSRL) has designed a solar-powered desalination system that could be deployed in crisis situations to produce drinking water.
As part of its annual Collaborate To Innovate awards initiative The Engineer is on the look-out for the UK’s most inspiring and effective school engineering projects.
Plans to design the world’s largest open-access offshore wind-turbine drive-train test rig have been announced by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Mascoma Corporation is to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan that will produce ethanol from wood on a commercial scale.
Aker Solutions is set to recruit 300 staff at its Aberdeen operation and create 200 positions at the company’s newly established west London engineering office.
An advanced snake-like robot originally developed for the aerospace sector could ultimately transform in-situ maintenance and manufacturing operations in a range of difficult to access environments
Finnish industrial giant Wärtsilä has announced deals to supply its energy storage systems across five different sites in the US states of Hawaii and California.
Resembling a screw with the texture of human bone, a porous titanium-foam ’root form’ may soon provide some solace to individuals with missing teeth.
A new system has been developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University to test for mild cognitive impairment.
