Robert Krakow and Robbie Bennett explain how 3D printing, or additive manufacturing as is...
Engineering
Articles about engineering, civil engineering, manufacturing, jet engines, materials science and transport...
18 October 2011
The inside of a modern aircraft jet engine is a harsh and complex environment, but the drive for ever more powerful and...
06 July 2011
CSI has come to Swansea. But rather than solving murders, for a team at the University's Technology Centre (UTC)...
21 April 2011
Countless atomic recipes and crystal arrangements mean there are literally trillions of possible materials that could...
06 April 2011
Spinning hundreds of times per second and carrying a load equivalent to the weight of a family car, often at...
19 January 2011
Niraj Lal looks at a growing part of our electrical future: the solar cell...
07 July 2007
Mention plastics and most people think of polythenes, perspex and other oil-based nasties that never break down. But...
03 November 2004
Nothing that you do is safe. Everything carries an inherent risk, but what is justifiable risk, and how do you assess...