Industry News

• Collaborate to Innovate 2020 awards open for entries 30th March 2020
  We are excited to announce the launch of the 2020 Collaborate to Innovate Awards (C2I 2020), The Engineer’s annual search for the UK’s most innovative, collaborative engineering projects. Now in its fifth year, C2I – which is supported by EPSRC and sponsored by Frazer-Nash Consultancy – was launched to uncover and celebrate great examples of […]
• Astronaut urine could help build moon bases 30th March 2020
  Future moon bases and other lunar infrastructure could be made using astronaut urine mixed with local regolith, according to a new study. Working with ESA, scientists from Norway, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy explored the use of urea – found in urine – as a plasticiser, helping to soften concrete-type mixes and make them more […]
• Mercedes and UCL engineers develop Covid-19 breathing aid 30th March 2020
  A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care has been produced from scratch in just under one week. The CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) device, which delivers oxygen into the lungs without the need for an invasive ventilator has been developed by engineers from UCL (University College London) and Mercedes-AMG […]
• Spin capacitor cuts heats and power 27th March 2020
  In what is claimed to be a world first, physicists have developed a so-called spin capacitor that could herald new electronics that require less power and generate less heat. The advance by scientists at Leeds University generates and holds the spin state of electrons for a number of hours compared to previous efforts that held […]
• Bosch develops rapid Covid-19 test 27th March 2020
  Engineers at Bosch Healthcare Solutions in Germany have developed a point of care Covid-19 test that is claimed to deliver a reliable result in under 2.5 hours. It is claimed that the test, which has been developed in collaboration with Northern Ireland medical technology firm Randox Laboratories, could prove a key tool in curbing the […]