Industry News

• Late great engineers: Nikola Tesla 17th September 2019
  In the first of a new series of articles Nick Smith surveys one of the founding fathers of modern electrical power, Nikola Tesla, whose career was a roller-coaster of breathtaking successes and monumental failures (All Images of Nikola Tesla courtesy of Wellcome Images) At around midnight on 9-10 July 1856, while thunder and lightning raged, […]
• Rotherham set for new £22m fusion research centre 17th September 2019
  The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) will open a new £22m fusion research centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2020. Located in the town’s Advanced manufacturing Park, the facility’s core role will be to develop and test joining technologies for fusion materials and components, including novel metals and ceramics. These will then be tested and […]
• UK team trials cyber security tech for driverless cars 17th September 2019
  Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick have demonstrated a number of innovations that they claim could improve the security and safety of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) With autonomous vehicles expected to become ever more widespread in the years ahead; the security of the connected systems that underpin much of the technology are a major […]
• Last week’s poll: UK low-carbon priorities 17th September 2019
  What should be the UK’s priorities in low-carbon energy? In light of the UK’s stated goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, we asked Engineer readers what mode of low-carbon energy should be the country’s main focus. Garnering nearly a third of all votes (32%), nuclear enegy was the clear favourite. Despite the difficuties currently plaguing […]
• This week’s poll: reducing the cost of HS2 17th September 2019
  How might the enormous projected cost of HS2 be reduced while still retaining the maximum stated benefits of the project? The discussions over the future of the high-speed two rail network project connecting London and Birmingham and continuing to Leeds and Manchester are ongoing. According to an article in New Civil Engineer, the independent review […]