Interviews about Engineering

We humans have been moulding metal to our will for at least 3,000 years. In fact, our use of metals mark the beginning...

What happens at a molecular level as a blacksmith works on a piece of metal? To find out, Meera took metallurgist John...

We explore how filters can be designed to provide a breath of truly clean air...

New research simulates battery designs on a computer to try and predict what the next breakthrough might be.

New materials known as 'microcapsules' are being used to extend the life-span of batteries....

A class of material known as 'multiferroics' respond to both magnetic and electric fields. The latest...

An important resource that we find in deep dark places are the metals and minerals we need for industry and everyday...

Meera and Dave have been out to the Diamond synchrotron, an electron accelerator, based in Didcot, Oxfordshire where...

We’ve heard how drugs like aspirin can be used, but how are they actually made? For this week’s Naked Engineering,...

Planet Earth podcast presenter Richard Hollingham has been asking what have the Romans ever done for us? Well, apart...

If a time came that we needed to alter our atmospheric chemistry, how physically could we do it? Meera and Dave...

What is a computer chip and how does it really work? Meera and Dave investigate...

Physical sciences director Trevor Rayment looks back at Diamond's highlights and developments in 2010...

Whilst driving on motorways or busy roads at night, many of us will have noticed the small beacons of light in the...

Amputees can struggle with the inflexibility of artificial limbs. At Blatchford Prosthetics, they have engineered a new...

Dave and Meera visited the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at Cambridge University to find out how...

Physicists might use sticky tape to extract and test graphene, but that's not much use when it comes to making...

Graphene is a very versatile material which we should soon see turning up in a range of applications. Dave spoke to...

One of the outstanding problems in energy provision is how to store it in such a way that it can be accessed rapidly...

Meera and Dave explore the structures that can shape-shift from one shape to another - also known as bistable...

Dave and Meera make some waves to find out how damaged ships interact with the movement of the sea...

How can we make shipping more sustainable? Tristan Smith from University College London is here to shed some light on...

One idea put forward for sustainable shipping in the future has been to find ways to harness the power of the wind in...

Now, here’s an easy science question: What temperature does water freeze at? Zero degrees, right? Actually, that’s...