Fourteen teams of engineers will go head to head in a bid to meet some of the military’s toughest challenges. Max Glaskin reports

Engineers around the world are developing technology to protect our planet from potentially catastrophic asteroid collisions

A hydrogen-powered locomotive has been trialled successfully at the Stapleford Miniature Railway in Leicestershire.

Electrical engineers have developed a low-cost method of passively locating sources of radio waves using metamaterials.

Jon Excell reports on the gradual process of developing a truly driverless vehicle for the world’s roads

Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based antenna, an advance that makes it possible to harvest energy from radio waves such as the ones used in mobile phone networks.  

News editorThe recovery gains pace in the manufacturing sector, and is showcased at the International Festival of Business