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Artist’s impression of a sleek, modern high-speed train traveling on railway tracks. The train has a streamlined design with a pointed nose, white body, and blue accents around the doors. Overhead electric wires run above the tracks, and the background shows a blurred landscape under a clear sky at sunset, suggesting speed and motion.
  • Transport
  • Health & medical
  • Issue 105

Turning down the noise: the battle against noise pollution

Noise pollution is a widespread but often overlooked issue, affecting millions of people. From the constant hum of traffic to the clatter of construction and the whir of modern technology, unwanted sound is a growing public health concern. Lee Williams talks to the engineers who are working to reduce unwanted sound and create healthier, quieter environments.

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An electric car driving along a tree-lined road, with a rig of cameras on top.
  • Technology & robotics
  • Transport
  • Innovation Watch
  • Issue 103

Wayve is scaling self-driving AI around the world

UK-headquartered $1 billion AI startup Wayve is solving longstanding challenges for self-driving cars with deep learning. Where will its AI go next?
A computer rendering shows a transparent outline of a car in light blue with three green cuboids inside it
  • Transport
  • Environment & sustainability
  • Issue 103

A solid future for electric vehicles

Switching to an electric vehicle is an action that more and more people are taking to curb their carbon emissions. However, the use of lithium-ion batteries does pose issues for drivers, such as their increased weight and range anxiety. But these could be solved by solid-state batteries.

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An illustration shows a red car on the road with blue, green and orange signals around it in different directions. There are grey cars surrounding it.
  • Transport
  • Technology & robotics
  • How does that work?
  • Issue 103

How do self-driving cars navigate roads and traffic?

Autonomous vehicles, or driverless cars, are reshaping the future of transport. They are designed to navigate roads and traffic without human input, using a combination of sensors, software, and AI.

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  • Design & manufacturing
  • Transport
  • Opinion

Designing a superyacht

Each year at the Southampton International Boat Show, a selected group of young designers is invited to participate in the Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition to showcase their design talents. 2024 winner Amel Khsouma shares her experience of the competition.
A drone shot of seven cars in a V-formation on a very wide tarmacked strip at a multi lane vehicle testing site.
  • Transport
  • Issue 97

Testing new cars on a digital track

During development, vehicles are subject to an increasingly complex combination of physical testing and digital simulation to test how they operate before launch.

  • Mechanical
  • Transport
  • Profiles
  • Issue 96

Keeping complex systems on track

Kuldeep Gharatya FREng has been a key advocate for systems thinking at TfL – to the advantage of all London Tube users.

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  • Transport
  • Energy
  • Chemical
  • How I got here

Q&A: Titi Oliyide, safety engineer

From the Elizabeth line to green hydrogen, safety engineer Titi Oliyide wants to see her engineering achievements take shape in a way that helps people.
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  • Software & computer science
  • Transport
  • Profiles
  • Issue 94

The entrepreneur solving engineering problems with data

Elspeth Finch MBE FREng started her first company in her 20s and is now heading up her second, which is using data to transform supply chain relationships.

A BMW i4 crashing into a pole on its right hand side. The glass in the windows is shattering and the airbags have inflated.
  • Design & manufacturing
  • Mechanical
  • Transport
  • Issue 94

How crashing cars can help us make them safer

When your day job sometimes involves totalling a £100k car in the name of keeping passengers safe.

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  • Transport
  • Mechanical
  • How I got here

Electrifying trains and STEMAZING outreach

Alex Keeler, a railway overhead line design engineer at Amey, won this year’s Baroness Platt of Writtle Award for the most outstanding incorporated engineering application nationwide.
A digital rendering of a bridge at a railway station, surrounded by passengers.
  • Civil & structural
  • Transport
  • Issue 92

The ‘flat-pack’ footbridge for train stations

If you thought flat-pack was just for furniture, think again! Find out how this new concept can make building a humble railway bridge take less time, money and carbon.