Industry News

• Highly-sensitive wearable gas sensor looks set for market 20th January 2020
  Researchers in the US have developed a highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring that may soon become commercially available. Developed by a team at Penn State and Northeastern University, the device is claimed to improve on existing wearable sensors because it uses a self-heating mechanism that enhances sensitivity and allows […]
• Airbus performs vision-based automatic take-off 20th January 2020
  A series of automatic take-offs enabled by a vision-based system have been performed by Airbus using a test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport near the company’s manufacturing HQ. Conducted just before Christmas, the testing saw an Airbus A350 make a total of eight take-offs using the new machine vision system. The crew, which featured two pilots […]
• Q&A Feature: Net zero and the challenges for the UK energy sector 20th January 2020
  The UK’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 is clearly laudable, but the challenges ahead are immense. How can the nation move forward to net zero whilst serving the needs of industry? The Engineer sought the opinions of five experts on the best way forward. Meet the experts Andrew Lever […]
• Laser diode breakthrough for deep-ultraviolet light 20th January 2020
  A laser diode that emits the world’s shortest lasing wavelength of deep-ultraviolet light could find uses healthcare or for analysing gases. This is the claim of scientists at Nagoya University, Japan who worked with the Asahi Kasei Corporation on the record-breaking laser diode. The research is published in Applied Physics Express. In a statement, Prof Chiaki […]
• Stable lithium could lead to new class of neutron detectors 17th January 2020
  Lithium has been successfully integrated into a semiconductor to potentially create a new class of neutron detectors for applications including the sensing of smuggled nuclear materials. According to researchers at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory, the new material could be integrated into a handheld device for field inspections or incorporated into current wall-sized devices […]