Smarter sensors could be made possible by integrating vanadium dioxide (VO2) onto a silicon chip and using lasers to make the material magnetic.
Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, has launched Ecojet, which is claimed to be the world’s first electric airline powered by renewable energy.
Novel soft robotics developed at Florida Atlantic University can help recovering patients to relearn playing music and other skills that require dexterity and coordination.
A new surgical tool developed in the US is claimed to compensate for imperceptible hand tremors by making hundreds of precise position corrections each second.
Scientists at Imperial College London are transforming pedestrians, cyclists, buses and cars into mobile wireless sensors to demonstrate new ways of measuring air quality.
The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has claimed that the government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme is failing to deliver on its objectives.
EditorIt’s a great time to be a nuclear engineer……if you’re French, or possibly Chinese, but what could the Hinkley Point C go-ahead mean for UK industry?
Nineteenth century American inventor Charles Goodyear survived decades of hardship while developing his vulcanization process to make rubber a viable industrial material. Written by Nick Smith.
A look back through the archives at The Engineer's response to the passing of some of the Victorian era's most celebrated engineering greats
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a 3D-printed device inspired by the liver to remove toxins from the blood.
