Engineering News Stories

Engineers have found a cheap way to measure the hand’s sense of touch - paving the way to better prosthetics.

Redefining a unit of measurement that was invented in 1799 has required the entire metric system to change.

A holey piece of swiss-cheese plastic can do complex maths in a millionth of a second

A new device turns injections into drugs you can swallow...

Sun-soaked device cleans up water and produces superheated steam.

Is this graphene 2.0?

Using the power of tiny magnets, a team at Stanford have captured cancer cells circulating in the blood

A way to target cancer by re-programming the immune system to attack tumours has been discovered by scientists in the...

For the first time ever, a robot has been used to perform surgery on the human eye

Driverless cars used to be something that only appeared in science fiction, but they’re swiftly becoming a reality....

New hair-thin brain probe could revolutionise how we record brain activity

Carbon nanotubes could be as bad for you as asbestos, a new UK study has shown.

Our hairy insides protect us from the full force of fluids racing through our bodies and may inspire future robotic...

Repairing damaged organs with injectable tissue bandages may only be a heartbeat away ...

At ten thousand times smaller than a human hair, chemists in Manchester, England, have tied the world's tiniest...

Plants that use nanoparticles to pick up the presence of pollution, or even explosives, have been engineered by...

Electronic nose senses pesticides and terrorism threats.

A new, non-stick surface for shampoo bottles could boost recycling.

Solar powered aeroplane Solar Impulse 2 has broken a world record without burning a drop of a jet fuel...

Researchers have demonstrated a unique carbon capture and storage process that can convert carbon dioxide into...

The seventh row of the periodic table has been completed with the addition of four new super-heavy metals

A new coating for steel that reduces contaminants, such as bacteria, sticking to it has been developed.

Young babies use their tongues to help them to hear and make sense of spoken sounds. Might a dummy make a difference to...

A new material has been created that can delay the development of ice, even at temperatures down to 6°C below freezing.