ESAB has introduced three new rutile MMA electrodes with excellent all-positions arc control at very low welding currents – OK 61.20, OK 63.20 and OK 67.53. They have been developed in response to...
The advent of nuclear propulsion required a new class of floating dry dock and in April 1960 The Engineer's naval correspondent visited Plymouth to report on the launch of a key new facility for the...
While it may seem like the economy is languishing in the wake of the recession, one area at the heart of British manufacturing is continuing to buck the trend. The UK automotive industry, once a...
National space agencies and private companies are preparing missions that will return humans to the surface of the Moon, 50 years on from the successful landing of Apollo 11. Why go back, and what...
Claimed to be orders of magnitude cheaper and less energy-intensive than other AI models, China's DeepSeek put the cat among the pigeons when it was released in January. We asked a range of experts...
A group of UK scientists and politicians, led by former chief scientific advisor Sir David King and former Cabinet Secretary Lord O’Donnell, have called for an Apollo Programme-like effort to cut the...
The very latest in chain data logging technology from Renold is helping to protect the gargantuan chain that is deployed on the Dartford Creek Barrier. The barrier is part of London’s flood defence...
As the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) celebrates its centenary and International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on 23 June, The Engineer spoke to WES CEO, Elizabeth Donnelly, about why, 100 years...
‘Unlike plasma heating, (a technology that has also been used to recycle TetraPak cartons by Alcoa), we think applying a microwave frequency is more efficient and cheaper. And systems based on the...
