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#331 Life Extension for Infrastructure
In the second half of the 20th Century, the world was transformed through infrastructure construction. New roads and railways, levees and power lines, delivered unprecedented comfort and convenience,
#330 A Village Full of Maths Tutors – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners episode
Helping the next generation achieve their full potential doesnt just take commitment from their parents or carers, or from professionals like teachers. It takes, as the saying goes, a village. In Der
#329 Scaling Low Carbon Innovation – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners episode
Ben Gibbons and his colleagues at Circular11 are developing ways to add value to hard-to-recycle light plastics. They take packaging, and turn it into a lumber-equivalent, suitable for long term use a
#328 Listening for Leaks – Engineering Matters Awards Innovation Champion, FIDO
Worldwide, water is in short supply and high demand, with very real consequences for human health and security. Many countries struggle to maintain aging networks, meaning that more than 20% of clean
#327 Nuclear Engineering for School Children – Engineering Matters Awards 2025
On the coast of rural Cumbria, in Englands northeast, a once-secretive nuclear site is transforming its legacy by investing in the engineers of tomorrow. Sellafield, known historically for producing
#326 Revisited: The Green, Green, Shores of Home
The past months have seen a shift in international trade, of a scale not seen for decades. New US tariffs have created uncertainty for investors, and promise to spark a global trade war. While these n
#325 Real world sustainability and the digital revolution
The rise of AI and machine learning promises a revolution in how we live and work. Expert reasoning and mundane tasks will be completed for us in the cloud. But the cloud is not ethereal or abstract.
#324 A Shift of Power on Europe’s Borders
This February, with the flick of a switch, there was a vast shift of power on Europes borders. The Baltic states electrical grids, built in the 1960s while these countries were forcibly incorporated
#323 Engineers Deliver Impact: The Engineering Matters Awards 2025
Engineers from around the world gathered at the Postal Museum in London for the Engineering Matters Awards 2025, presented in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IMechE, and Engi
#322 Engineering Ecosystems: Italy’s Seagrass Meadows
Seagrass meadows are the engineers of the marine ecosystem. They provide habitats, support biodiversity, prevent coastal erosion and sequester carbon dioxide. For this reason Italy has embarked upon a