A collaborative two-year project between Swansea University’s College of Engineering and industry is helping to develop respiratory aids that mimic the performance of healthy lungs.
An advanced protective suit developed at Johns Hopkins University is one of five awardees in a federal funding contest aimed at devising new tools to combat Ebola.
Cephalopods have inspired the development of a smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light and could act as an artificial muscle.
Researchers from the RIKEN Guardian Robot Project in Japan have created Nikola, an android child that demonstrates six basic emotions thanks to a series of pneumatic actuators.
Ford Motor Company invites The Engineer to observe an unmanned, radio-controlled Fordson Major diesel tractor
Our anonymous blogger mourns the lack of time to pursue those fondly-remembered childhood engineering projects
A technique that uses light to weld nanowires together could be used in next generation electronics.
Parts of the UK’s ageing infrastructure are not as safe as the public believes, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers.
General Motors (GM) is to build on its existing partnership with Chinese automaker SAIC Motor to co-develop a new small-displacement petrol engine family and an advanced transmission.
