A student group have come up with a device for capturing bits of tyre as they come off...
Interviews about Engineering
Interviews about engineering, civil engineering, manufacturing, jet engines, materials science and transport...
Three Brits take the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin...
We've all heard of holograms that use light, but what about a sound hologram that allows you to move particles...
Could a light bulb be the latest in internet connectivity? Quite possibly...
What is the Gaia mission and how did it come about in the first place?
Part 1 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.
What are the instruments on board Gaia and how do they work?
Part 2 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.
What will Gaia do for the future of space research?
Could a common technique to prevent premature birth actually cause it?
The story behind a mysterious super material and the man that refused to give it away.
The inside of a jet engine can get up to 1600 degrees Celsius, so how do the materials survive this intense heat?
The Solar Orbiter is going closer to the sun than we've ever sent anything before, but how do you design it to...
Researchers may have found a tiny solution for storing big data.
Are Teflon and Velcro really products of NASA's missions to space?
What's happening inside the engine to keep your car moving?
Is there any way to change the petrol fractions of crude oil so they can work in a diesel engine?
Natural gas vehicles are a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel but the high pressures required to store the gas...
Are diamonds little more than just a lump of coal?
New technology is all well and good, but in order to live truly sustainably do we need to change the way we live?
Could all our homes be solar powered by 2050?
The UN estimates that by 2050 up to 70% of us will be living in cities. How can we make them more sustainable?
What’s being done NOW to build environmentally sympathetic homes?
Making concrete accounts for 5% of GLOBAL carbon emissions, so is there a better alternative?
How do you age the earth's magnetic field? By recreating the centre of the earth.