The Treasury has pledged to underwrite Horizon 2020 projects beyond the UK’s EU membership, a decision expected to provide assurances over the funding status of UK-based researchers.

Engineers have developed an electrically conductive hydrogel that could give people with paralysis greater control over electronic equipment, or give voice to those with speech difficulties.

A University of Hertfordshire team is developing an advanced laser-based instrument to help research into climate change for an atmospheric research aircraft.

DNA holds the genetic code in all living organisms, and it is this ability to store information which is the key to DNA’s usefulness as an engineering material. The DNA building blocks, designed by a...

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Dripping with patriotism, The Engineer’s coverage of the Festival’s South Bank site shows Britain still wanted to seem pre-eminent in many areas

The Paul Jackson Blog Budding engineers will be able to see behind the scenes at many fascinating sites over the summer, or prepare entries for the Big Bang Awards if it’s raining, ays the chief...