An Airship Renaissance?

Dr Rebecca Pool

Part-aircraft, part-airship, the new class of flying machines that are being constructed for military and civilian use

Creating stratospheric instrument platforms

Dr András Sóbester

With smartphones, GPS and 3D rapid prototyping, the ASTRA project transforms humble radiosondes into sophisticated and recoverable data capture devices

Return of the Vulcan

Dr Robert Pleming

After a long fundraising campaign and restoration programme, the historic Vulcan bomber is flying again

Straddling the Thames

Hugh Ferguson

How engineers have widened and rebuilt Blackfriars railway bridge to withstand barge strikes, accommodate increased Thameslink traffic, and house London’s largest solar array

After-School Clubs

Anna Paczuska and Dr Scott Steedman CBE FREng

Engineering and STEM clubs in schools are on the rise, engaging a diverse range of students with projects involving robotics, smart materials, and programmable devices

What's so clever about Smart Cities?

Rick Robinson and William Webb FREng

The availability of cheaper sensors, mobile communications and data processing have opened the door to smarter cities and infrastructure

INNOVATION WATCH - Railway track reinforcement

Balfour Beatty’s XiTrack is an innovative polyurethane polymer that gels around the ballast beneath rail tracks to stabilise them

HOW DOES THAT WORK - From Bar to QR

How we use machines to code, scan and capture increasingly complex optical data