ViewpointThe Algerian gas plant hostage crisis has yet again highlighted the vulnerability of Oil & Gas plants around the world. Engineering companies must adopt a more active approach to the...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now thought to be the worst in US history, has exposed the industry’s lack of readiness for the risks of deep-water exploration.
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $31.2 million contract modification to upgrade 25 additional C-17s Globemaster IIIs with Northrop Grumman’s Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures defensive...
Gammon Construction has been awarded a £238m rail infrastructure contract, which will see it work in a joint venture with Leighton Asia to construct a rail link that will link Hong Kong with major...
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new resonator claimed to create the purest, brightest and most powerful single-mode quantum cascade lasers in the range of 8–12 microns.
A new way of growing graphene without the defects could open the way to large-scale manufacturing of graphene-based devices with applications in fields such as electronics, energy, and healthcare.
Research reveals that 93 per cent of European public transport decision-makers are concerned about the capacity of their grid connection to fuel current and future battery-electric and...
An autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) is being used by a team of researchers hoping to find the aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart during her round-the-world flight in 1937.
The European Space Agency has unveiled details of the advanced engineering needed to meet one of space technology’s ultimate challenges — deflecting an asteroid from a collision course with Earth.
AquaLux 3D, a new projection technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, can target light onto and between individual water droplets, enabling text, video and other moving...
