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University of Edinburgh opens new flagship engineering centre
The University of Edinburgh has officially opened a major new state-of-the-art engineering facility that it says will transform education, research and industry collaboration. The Engineering Forum will support experiential learning and research in fields such as renewable energy systems and future electronics. Located at the King’s Buildings campus in the south of the city, the…
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TECHNOLOGY
Accuris launches AI Assistant to deliver citation-backed engineering answers
Denver-based software company Accuris has launched the Accuris AI Assistant, a new capability that gives engineers direct, citation-backed answers from licensed standards and technical content, embedded directly in…
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Bio-inspired structural design improves impact resistance and energy absorption
A collaborative research team from Tohoku University in Japan and the Wuhan University of Technology in China has taken inspiration from butterfly wings to develop a new lightweight…
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Designing a device to track what’s in tears
A surgeon-engineer at the University of Washington is helping to design a rice-grain-sized sensor that will sit in a tear drain and monitor biomarkers. ‘We tear all the…
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SUSTAINABILITY
Buro Happold partners with ORIS to scale carbon measurement across infrastructure projects
Global engineering consultancy Buro Happold has announced a partnership with ORIS Materials Intelligence to expand carbon measurement and support low-carbon design across its global infrastructure portfolio. According to…
Research begins on a sustainable wind turbine tower design made with UK steel
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is leading a research and development team to transform the design and manufacture of steel onshore wind turbine towers in order to…
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Nominations now open for the Society for the Environment’s 2026 awards
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 edition of the SocEnv Awards. Recognising outstanding individuals who have innovated, inspired and have gone…
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EDUCATION
University of Edinburgh opens new flagship engineering centre
The University of Edinburgh has officially opened a major new state-of-the-art engineering facility that it says will transform education, research and industry collaboration. The Engineering Forum will support…
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Biomimicry course helps to inspire medical engineering students
A researcher in the biomedical engineering department at Texas A&M University is using a scaffolded, inquiry-based biomimicry course to inspire students to design solutions by learning from nature.…
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IMechE launches project specification contest for its Design Challenge
The Institution of Mechanical Engineering has launched a competition to create the project specifications for a new device for its Design Challenge, an annual competition for engineering and…
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MATERIALS
Boston Micro Fabrication unveils clear resin for micro-precision 3D printing
Micro-precision 3D-printing company Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched BMF Clear, an optically transparent photopolymer resin engineered for applications that require exceptional light transmission and micron-level accuracy, such…
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Bio-inspired structural design improves impact resistance and energy absorption
A collaborative research team from Tohoku University in Japan and the Wuhan University of Technology in China has taken inspiration from butterfly wings to develop a new lightweight…
Continue reading Bio-inspired structural design improves impact resistance and energy absorption
Research begins on a sustainable wind turbine tower design made with UK steel
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is leading a research and development team to transform the design and manufacture of steel onshore wind turbine towers in order to…
Continue reading Research begins on a sustainable wind turbine tower design made with UK steel
MEDICAL
Boston Micro Fabrication unveils clear resin for micro-precision 3D printing
Micro-precision 3D-printing company Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched BMF Clear, an optically transparent photopolymer resin engineered for applications that require exceptional light transmission and micron-level accuracy, such…
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Biomimicry course helps to inspire medical engineering students
A researcher in the biomedical engineering department at Texas A&M University is using a scaffolded, inquiry-based biomimicry course to inspire students to design solutions by learning from nature.…
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Designing a device to track what’s in tears
A surgeon-engineer at the University of Washington is helping to design a rice-grain-sized sensor that will sit in a tear drain and monitor biomarkers. ‘We tear all the…
Continue reading Designing a device to track what’s in tears