Interviews about Engineering

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?

Making concrete accounts for 5% of GLOBAL carbon emissions, so is there a better alternative?

Could all our homes be solar powered by 2050?

What’s being done NOW to build environmentally sympathetic homes?

New technology is all well and good, but in order to live truly sustainably do we need to change the way we live?

The UN estimates that by 2050 up to 70% of us will be living in cities. How can we make them more sustainable?

How do you age the earth's magnetic field? By recreating the centre of the earth.

Imagine all the kit you need to start your own molecular biology lab, packed down into the size of a laptop bag and...

As DNA sequencing becomes cheaper, having a good understanding of genetics will become more important. But what does...

How many of the goods you own are transported by sea?

We've all heard about driverless cars but what about driverless ships?

A look at what we can do to improve the environmental impact of shipping.

If we're worried about carbon emissions of ships, shouldn't we just be hoisting the sails and returning to a...

New techology in prosphetics has led to a robotic fingertip that actually feels.

These days origami has more uses than just paper, like using DNA to make teeny tiny objects!