ENGINEERING
The world’s first commercial jet aircraft, the de Havilland Comet, took its first flight in 1949, marking the beginning of the jet age for air travel. Today, over 4.5 billion passengers annually....
Nanotechnology involves the precise manipulation of matter at the nanoscale, enabling the creation of new materials that push the boundaries of engineering. This capability opens avenues for....
In Oliver Wendell Holmes’s poem “The Deacon’s Masterpiece”, a New England deacon aspires to construct an indestructible “one-hoss shay” (i.e., one-horse chaise) with all its components logically....
Global energy generation continues to be heavily reliant on fossil fuels - a fact which, for the sake of humanity, cannot afford to be true for much longer. When burnt, fossil fuels emit the....
For nearly 7000 hours per year, Europe’s hundreds of millions of solar panels face a sunless sky. In the race to replace fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives, the European Space Agency (ESA) is....
It is estimated that the Aviation sector accounts for 3.5% of global warming, releasing into the atmosphere more than 900 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Airbus, the world’s largest aircraft....
Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl disaster, the chilling tale of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe continues to haunt us. Human error, Cold War secrecy, and flawed Soviet reactor design....
Robert Marshall is cofounder and CEO of Martlet Capital, the investment arm of the Marshall of Cambridge group which has invested in more than 50 deep technology start-ups since its launch in 2011. He....
Talking Engineering 00: What is this Column? Talking Engineering is a column consisting of interviews with engineers, innovators and company leaders in science and technology. It’s as much about the....