Interviews about Engineering

GPS is useful, but it has a number of problems, and doesn't work well inside buildings. Could a Cambridge startup...

What is GPS, and how does it tell you where you are?

How ancient mariners managed to get around, with help from coconuts!

The annual International Conference of Navigation was held in Glasgow this year, and we spoke to the president.

Three Brits take the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin...

We've all heard of holograms that use light, but what about a sound hologram that allows you to move particles...

Could a light bulb be the latest in internet connectivity? Quite possibly...

What is the Gaia mission and how did it come about in the first place?

Part 1 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.

What are the instruments on board Gaia and how do they work?

Part 2 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.

What will Gaia do for the future of space research?

Could a common technique to prevent premature birth actually cause it?

The story behind a mysterious super material and the man that refused to give it away.

The inside of a jet engine can get up to 1600 degrees Celsius, so how do the materials survive this intense heat?

The Solar Orbiter is going closer to the sun than we've ever sent anything before, but how do you design it to...

Researchers may have found a tiny solution for storing big data.

Are Teflon and Velcro really products of NASA's missions to space?

What's happening inside the engine to keep your car moving?

Is there any way to change the petrol fractions of crude oil so they can work in a diesel engine?

Natural gas vehicles are a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel but the high pressures required to store the gas...

Are diamonds little more than just a lump of coal?

Making concrete accounts for 5% of GLOBAL carbon emissions, so is there a better alternative?

Could all our homes be solar powered by 2050?