Engineering

Quiet and green air travel that uses hydrogen as a fuel

Automated shipping could solve labour shortages

On the deck of the Bliss, beyond the reach of cellphone coverage, I sailed into my life before the Internet...

Applying a coat of paint on the walls of a house may soon help to heat it, and clean the air we breathe...

Could transparent wood be the building material of the future?

What rock concerts can teach us about the way materials can bend and stretch...

What must material scientists consider when they design new materials that make up hip and dental implants?

An insight into my 8-week internship with the Naked Scientists.

‘Reverse fridges’ and insulated walls – how to make a house carbon neutral...

Your ideas will create the materials of the future...

And can anyone hear you scream when you get there?

Could drawing on the properties of quantum behaviour provide a route to truly secure cryptography?

How can science clean up water?

What will wheelchairs of the future be like?

To get to Mars, we need to reach the Moon first. The LRO will be NASA's eye while preparing for new missions.

Scientists pick the discoveries that would revolutionise their fields in 2019

At first glance, it almost sounds crazy. Can we really take carbon dioxide emissions from an industrial plant and store...

Are you a PhD student from Cambridge University? Fancy joining our team?

A significant amount of the single-use plastics that we use ends up in our oceans.

3D printers are becoming popular in a number of industries, as well as with hobbyists. If you've got a computer...

Miners could soon be scouring mounds of industrial waste to extract rare metals that are needed for products such as...

Can the use of improved satellite navigation devices actually make driving safer?

Can you make clothes from food waste?

Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on...