Interviews about Engineering

Lenses displaying emails before your eyes, flowing materials, stress on the mind and a night flowering orchid...

A new biotechnology company called Medicago have developed a technique for quickly and cheaply producing vaccines using...

Hydrogen is a clean fuel, that can be produced in a number of clean ways. But how do we actually make use of it? Ben...

The science of cake baking...

Seeking clarity about the structure of metal alloys...

As air traffic grows, the noise of aircraft is becoming an increasingly important problem. To find out what...

How do manufacturers make chemicals on seriously large industrial scales? We sent Meera Senthilingam and Dave Ansell...

How do jet engines actually work? One simple way to think about it is Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow. The engine sucks air...

We explore how to detect damage and deterioration in bridges and other structures to keep them lasting longer...

This week we are in Cambridge’s Museum of Technology to explore the engineering of an iconic bit of coal-fired power –...

Harnessing bacteria often involves growing them in large tanks called fermenters or bioreactors; but how do you make...

If you've been on a flight recently, then there's a very high likelihood that you were carried aloft by a jet...

We humans have been moulding metal to our will for at least 3,000 years. In fact, our use of metals mark the beginning...

What happens at a molecular level as a blacksmith works on a piece of metal? To find out, Meera took metallurgist John...

We explore how filters can be designed to provide a breath of truly clean air...

New research simulates battery designs on a computer to try and predict what the next breakthrough might be.

New materials known as 'microcapsules' are being used to extend the life-span of batteries....

A class of material known as 'multiferroics' respond to both magnetic and electric fields. The latest...

An important resource that we find in deep dark places are the metals and minerals we need for industry and everyday...

Meera and Dave have been out to the Diamond synchrotron, an electron accelerator, based in Didcot, Oxfordshire where...

We’ve heard how drugs like aspirin can be used, but how are they actually made? For this week’s Naked Engineering,...

Planet Earth podcast presenter Richard Hollingham has been asking what have the Romans ever done for us? Well, apart...

If a time came that we needed to alter our atmospheric chemistry, how physically could we do it? Meera and Dave...

What is a computer chip and how does it really work? Meera and Dave investigate...