Interviews about Engineering

Water sources below Africa, potential anti-cancer effects of Aspirin, a new polymer for cheaper solar cells and how...

Submarines, manned or unmanned have been vital in learning about the deep sea as well as playing an essential role as...

Jonathon Morrison explains how current nuclear reactors are kept running despite problems such as material deposition...

Eric Lowen explains how the efficiency of the new PRISM reactors and how these new designs overcome previous reactor...

Scientists have taken the first steps towards interrogating anti-matter and find out more about this mysterious...

Rolls Royce engines are regularly inspected to keep them in tiptop condition and running efficiently, but to do so...

Cynthia Carliell-Marquet from the University of Birmingham discusses recycling and sharing out the phosphate resources...

Incredible as it sounds, over 70% of the energy released when you burn the fuel in your car gets wasted as heat....

Qualified London taxi drivers know their way around over 25,000 streets in the capital. And, if you scan their brains...

Welding up at metal pipe doesn't sound terribly tricky, but what about when it's 1 km underwater...

One technique which will probably be familiar with from medicine is sonography or imaging with sound. To find out how...

Now most people will have seen a thermal camera - a special type of camera that can detect the far infrared radiation...

Lenses displaying emails before your eyes, flowing materials, stress on the mind and a night flowering orchid...

A new biotechnology company called Medicago have developed a technique for quickly and cheaply producing vaccines using...

Hydrogen is a clean fuel, that can be produced in a number of clean ways. But how do we actually make use of it? Ben...

The science of cake baking...

Seeking clarity about the structure of metal alloys...

As air traffic grows, the noise of aircraft is becoming an increasingly important problem. To find out what...

How do manufacturers make chemicals on seriously large industrial scales? We sent Meera Senthilingam and Dave Ansell...

How do jet engines actually work? One simple way to think about it is Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow. The engine sucks air...

We explore how to detect damage and deterioration in bridges and other structures to keep them lasting longer...

This week we are in Cambridge’s Museum of Technology to explore the engineering of an iconic bit of coal-fired power –...

Harnessing bacteria often involves growing them in large tanks called fermenters or bioreactors; but how do you make...

If you've been on a flight recently, then there's a very high likelihood that you were carried aloft by a jet...