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Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year
Added: 20 Feb 2017
A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …
Mechanical engineering leads record UK manufacturing demand
Added: 20 Feb 2017
Demand for UK-manufactured goods reached a two-year high in the last quarter to February 2017, says…
IET to challenge girls’ perception of engineering with social campaign
Added: 15 Feb 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has brought in consumer PR agency Tin Man to de…
Bath celebrates Perera FDM award
Added: 13 Feb 2017
Bath university’s reputation as a leader in chemical engineering higher education has been boosted …
Vert Rotors claims a first with Scottish enterprise support
Added: 13 Feb 2017
Edinburgh-based Vert Rotors is claiming a UK first with the installation of the 5-Axis machine, the…
Quantitative methods could protect plants from hacks, say researchers
Added: 12 Feb 2017
Using quantitative methods to prioritise cyber security will help protect power stations from hacks…
MIT researchers develop tiny sensor sustained by stomach acid
Added: 8 Feb 2017
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a tiny sensor that ca…
Four engineers scoop £1m Queen’s prize for work on digital imaging sensors
Added: 5 Feb 2017
Four engineers have been awarded the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their…
Manchester University develops multi-purpose biocompatible 2D inks
Added: 30 Jan 2017
A team of researchers at the University of Manchester has developed a low-cost method of producing …
Novo Nordisk funds Oxford’s £115 million diabetes research centre
Added: 30 Jan 2017
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is to fund a £115 million diabetes research centre at Oxford un…
University fined £400k after caffeine experiment overdose
Added: 29 Jan 2017
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle has been fined £400,000 following a botched lab experime…
Process industry leaders applaud May industrial plan
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May’s 10 point plan for an overhaul of industrial strategy with a focus on s…
3D-printed smartphone microscope offers cost-effective DNA testing
Added: 22 Jan 2017
A team of researchers has created a 3D-printed smartphone microscope that could offer cost-effectiv…
Council bars product return before safety tests complete
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Manufacturer Errington Cheese has been told it must put on hold plans to put two of its products ba…
Engineers move a step closer to renewable diesel
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have genetically reprogrammed…
Report says demand for 142,000 new STEM posts spells jobs for the girls
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Nearly one in four of the 640,000-plus vacancies created in science, engineering and technology in …
Pumping iron could reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes
Added: 12 Jan 2017
Research by the University of British Columbia (UBC) suggests interval weight training can improve …
Urine test spells end to diet lies
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Scientists at three UK universities have invented a five minute urine test that can help doctors de…
Recycled CO2 method could lead to biofuel production
Added: 8 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of California have developed a new method of converting CO2 into carb…
Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
