Interviews about Engineering

Electrifying vehicles may be one way to clean up our act but what can we do about our current stock of cars? Turn them...

There's the radiation, the microgravity and even sound waves to think about when sending humans to the Red Planet.

James Field has just launched a new company called LabGenius, capitalising on the growing interest in synthetic...

To find out more about synthetic biology, and where it all started, I spoke to Professor Richard Kitney from Imperial...

How the magnetic properties of galfenol can be used to send super fast signals and protect passengers in car crashes.

A new advance in technology could bring us another step closer to real life invisibility cloaks.

Fakes cost economies billions, but this could be about to change with the development of a 3D bar code.

This beast is not only the largest of its kind found to date, but also the oldest, roaming the oceans 460 million years...

A new polymer, which changes colour on impact, could help assess the severity of head injuries for soldiers and...

Google's open-source, modular phone has had to be delayed, but will we see more, similar products in future?

More people have access to a mobile phone than to a proper toilet, but there are researchers working to change this.

Graphene has some truly exceptional properties. The real killer application will be in something totally novel, but...

We have heard all the hype, but what is graphene actually doing for us right now? What are the current uses of this...

Graphene has some impressive properties, but how do we actually make it commercially? What happens in a graphene-...

If you have to pop the shoe shop, the bank and the grocers, which way is quickest? How do computers work this out and...

The Cambridge University Eco Racing team have unveiled their solar powered car, Evolution ahead of the World Solar...

Do you have what it takes to become a drone racer?

Body armour is a key weapon in the fight against explosives and can be made from all kinds of materials from ceramics...

What can we do to stop explosives from causing injury?

How much damage can an explosion cause and how can we measure it?

How could technology help the fight against technology?

The Great Fire burned for 4 days and destroyed 13,000 houses. We investigate how it started, why it spread, and how...

We examine the environmental cost of the aviation industry and the potential for mitigation strategies...

New technology enables jet engine engineers at Rolls-Royce to monitor the health of their engines even in flight...