Scientists in Norway are developing carbon catalysts that could be used instead of precious metals to speed up chemical reactions.

This week’s video comes from MIT where a robot has successfully learned how to play Jenga, an advance with potential applications on assembly lines or at recycling centres.

An Australian company has been established to produce commercial quantities of ’green’ fuels from algae.

Loughborough University has been awarded more than £1.1m to improve manufacturing techniques for the pharmaceuticals industry.

This week sees The Engineer teaming up with some of the leading employers in defence to highlight employment opportunities and find out what it’s like to work in the sector.

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Jaguar Land Rover is to recruit more than 1,000 staff at its advanced manufacturing plant in Solihull.