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Taking the heat out of climate change
When we think of storing energy, we usually think of batteries. But with a huge slice of global carbon emissions resulting from producing heat, engineers are developing ways to store this critical resource with the hopes of driving us closer to net zero, writes Stuart Nathan.
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Stopping the bleed: a challenge for engineers
Haemorrhage is second only to traumatic brain injury as a cause of death from injury the UK. Tourniquets are well known for treating blood loss from limbs, but there is no proven equivalent for patients with a non-compressible haemorrhage. Surgeons, emergency department physicians and other trauma specialists grappling with this problem are now looking to engineers for new solutions.
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The medical test battling antibiotic resistance
Every year, more than a million people die as a direct result of ‘superbugs’ that have become resistant to antibiotics. Now, a test that can identify common bacterial infections in minutes and pick out the right drug to prescribe will help us use these lifesaving drugs more wisely.
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Could in-space manufacturing be the future for space missions?
Imagine a future where spacecraft repair themselves, satellites grow their own antennas, and new missions launch without adding to the growing clutter of orbital debris. Dr Gilles Bailet, a researcher in space technologies at the University of Glasgow, explains in-space manufacturing – and what it’s like doing high-stakes experiments during parabolic flight.
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Why we should be making cancer immunotherapy drugs in space
With access to space booming thanks to lower launch costs, companies such as BioOrbit are exploring in-space manufacturing. Fern Ellis finds out how microgravity could make for better cancer immunotherapy drugs.
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- Civil & structural
- Issue 100
How ABBA Voyage was made
ABBA said they’d never tour again. Bringing them back required a technological marvel, a fully demountable arena, and an array of engineering disciplines working in tandem to make it all come together. Leonie Mercedes goes on a voyage to explore the engineering behind the show.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Materials
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Concrete foundations for net zero
If concrete were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of CO₂ after the US and China. The race is on to slash its emissions. Swapping out its most polluting ingredients, locking in carbon, and upcycling our industrial and construction waste could hold the key, says Leonie Mercedes.
- Environment & sustainability
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Water treatment turns to nature
New regulations on river pollution and biodiversity, along with a need to move towards net zero, have prompted water treatment engineers to build wetlands where plants and microorganisms filter out pollutants, leaving water clean enough to flow into rivers without doing any damage. Michael Kenward OBE looks into how they are being deployed across the UK.
- Materials
- Environment & sustainability
- Issue 98
Mining volcanoes for metals
Green technologies depend on a range of metals and minerals. With concerns about environmental damage from conventional mining, scientists and engineers are seeking alternative sources. Could metal-rich magmatic brines underneath volcanoes have the answer?
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Q&A: Amjad Saeed, master’s student in motorsport engineering
Amjad Saeed is studying for a master’s in motorsports engineering, after winning a Royal Academy of Engineering and Mission 44 MSc Motorsport Scholarship.
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Q&A: The Bakineers
Ingenia spoke to three of the eight (!) engineers who’ve starred in the Great British Bake Off: Andrew Smyth, Giuseppe Dell’Anno, and Dr Rahul Mandal, each of whom are living proof that engineering and baking happily co-exist.
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- Software & computer science
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Q&A: Sarah Barrington, PhD student studying AI harms and deepfakes
After studying engineering in the UK and embarking on a career in data science, Sarah Barrington is now a PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley.
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