Interviews about Engineering

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...

Where there's beer, there's bacteria! Molecular forensics cna be used to follow bugs around breweries to...

A revolutionary 3D printer inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster "Terminator 2" has been developed and uses...

Archimedes' principle, and the "Eureka" moment of its discovery is one of the most famous experiments...

What makes some violins sound better than others? To find out, physicists have subjected hundreds of the instruments to...

What is a plastic, and how are plastics made? Physicist Athene Donald makes some nylon and demonstrates thermoplastics...

Owls fly nearly noiselessly, but how? And can we adapt their approach to make quieter aircraft?

A 70 kg man has climbed a glass wall using Spiderman style technology, by mimicking the feet of geckos.

Jackie Akhavan works on how to best detect explosives, which she does by manufacturing bombs in the lab!

The space age is upon us, with Virgin Galactic offering tickets to space for $250,000 but when will it become the norm?

What does the future hold for travel? Check-in by robot? Transparent fuselage? Airbus tell us what's to come...

Cars that drive themselves are very nearly here! We went to test out Volvo's prototype that's being...

Engineers turn to the natural world for ideas to create robots that can fly, 3D print and repair buildings in drone...

Can we change wood at the molecular level to make it suitable for building "plyscrapers"?

Powered by fatbergs, a new super sewer, will stop sewage polluting the River Thames...

Tiny sensors that harvest energy from passing cars, people or even the flow of your blood may one day be powering...

Scientists promise us a future where solar cells can be sprayed onto surfaces, so cars, buildings and streets could...

Taking inspiration from mussels, scientists have made a super-strong glue-like substance that even works underwater...

3D printing can also be used at the nano-scale, creating scaffolding which can be used to give materials new...