UK engineers have 3D-printed a 413kg marine propeller section using wire arc additive manufacturing. The technique opens up geometries impossible with casting, and could cut fuel use across commercial shipping fleets.
Volvo just started serial production of electric articulated dump trucks. 29 and 39-tonne capacity, full-day range, 200 kW fast charge. The hardest category of construction equipment to electrify just crossed into volume manufacturing.
Britain's largest solar farm just got planning approval in Lincolnshire. Capacity for half the county's homes, grid connection by 2029. One of 25 major clean energy projects approved in under two years.
What's an engineering solution that was brilliant but commercially unsuccessful?
A single acid treatment step just tripled graphene oxide fuel cell power to 0.7 W/cm2. That now matches fluorine-based membranes, without the environmental cost. The case for hydrogen just got stronger.
Attention young minds! Engineering is not just a career; it's a platform to unleash your imagination and transform the world. #EngineeringImagination
Four astronauts just returned from the Moon's vicinity. The first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years. 10 days, 694,000 miles, 7,000+ photographs. Artemis III targets an actual landing.
Engineering is the art of turning imagination into reality. Be the artist who sculpts the world with innovation and creativity. #EngineeringArt
Network Rail is restoring two Grade II listed structures designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. One is the last surviving cast iron footbridge of its kind on the Great Western Main Line, built in the 1840s. Still in use. Still standing. Work starts Monday.
A UK team just 3D-printed a 413kg marine propeller blade using wire arc additive manufacturing. Embedded sensors enable real-time performance monitoring. Traditional casting could not make this geometry. The marine industry is catching up.
The UK's largest solar farm just got the go-ahead in Lincolnshire. Springwell Solar Farm will power roughly half of the county's homes annually, paired with battery storage. One of 25 major clean energy projects approved since 2024. First exports targeted for 2029.
A 1,250-tonne section of HS2's M6 viaduct is being hydraulically pushed across a live motorway today near Birmingham. 107 metres of concrete and steel, moved a few metres at a time. No crane. No full closure. Just engineering doing what it does.
For the first time since 1972, humans flew to the Moon and came back. Artemis II splashed down after 694,481 miles and a record-breaking 252,756 miles from Earth. The engineering test worked. What comes next will define the decade.
A robotic guide dog at Binghamton University briefs you on your route before you leave, then narrates the environment as you walk. It responds to any spoken command. Real guide dogs max out at 20.
True or false: Engineering is more about managing people than solving technical problems.
UK engineers have 3D-printed a 413kg marine propeller blade with sensors built in for real-time performance monitoring at sea. On-demand fabrication of large ship components is no longer theoretical.
Engineers, we are the architects of innovation. Let's innovate for a world that's sustainable, inclusive, and conscious. #EngineeringInnovation
Tomorrow, engineers will push a 1,250-tonne HS2 viaduct over the M6 with hydraulic jacks while traffic keeps moving underneath. 320 metres of future railway, slid into place over 48 hours.
The Artemis II crew hits Earth's atmosphere today at 24,000 mph and 5,000°F. Their heat shield deliberately chars and melts to keep them alive. Four years of rework by NASA engineers for 13 minutes of re-entry.
Cambridge engineers built a solar reactor that converts battery acid and waste plastic into clean hydrogen. It ran for 260+ hours without degradation. The photocatalyst survives conditions that destroy virtually every alternative. Two waste streams in, clean fuel out.
Engineers copied butterfly wing geometry to create a lattice that outperforms conventional designs under compression and impact. The pattern delays failure and redirects force. Applications in aerospace and earthquake-resistant buildings are already being explored.
Researchers built a robotic guide dog that narrates the environment in real time using GPT-4. In tests with blind participants, it outperformed systems that only detect obstacles. The breakthrough was not the hardware. It was teaching the robot to explain what it sees.
UK engineers launched a shoebox-sized lab to the ISS carrying 1mm worms. For 15 weeks it will be exposed to deep-space vacuum, radiation, and microgravity. The goal: understand how the body survives long-duration space travel before humans attempt it.
A solar-powered water purifier using a food dye and sunlight can disinfect water in under an hour. No grid, no infrastructure. The colour change tells you when it is done.
Researchers built physical materials that learn new shapes through experience. No centralised controller, no code. The learning is embedded in the structure itself.
Cambridge researchers built a solar reactor that uses waste battery acid and plastic to produce clean hydrogen. Two waste streams, one clean fuel, no external energy input.
Four astronauts just traveled further from Earth than any human in history, surpassing the Apollo 13 record that stood for 56 years. Artemis II is heading home.
The world's first megawatt-class hydrogen turboprop just completed its maiden flight. 16 minutes, 22 miles. It moves hydrogen aviation from theoretical to demonstrated.
What's an engineering problem that seems simple but is actually incredibly complex?
Japan built a railway station overnight. Components 3D-printed off-site, assembled by robots in the gap between the last train and the first one. Station operational again by morning.