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Jewel in the crown: Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade …
Sep 19, 2017 · An ancient form of metalworking is being used by Rolls-Royce to create a single-crystal turbine blade for jet engines. Casting is one of the oldest and most basic methods of metalworking.
The Engineer - Salary survey: the average UK engineering salary ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Whilst The Engineer’s latest annual salary survey points to a notable 13 per cent increase in average salaries, workers are increasingly keen to explore fresh opportunities both home and overseas.
Zephyr high-altitude solar powered aircraft gears up for …
Feb 5, 2024 · Two decades is a long time in technology. When the Zephyr high-altitude platform station (HAPS) first took to the skies over Australia in 2005, it had a flight time endurance of about six hours.Originally developed by QinetiQ, that initial vehicle weighed just 17kg, had a wingspan of 12m and operated at a ceiling of around 9,000m.
New handheld scanner technology could transform cancer and …
Oct 3, 2024 · In the study, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the UCL team delivered photoacoustic tomography (PAT) imaging scans to doctors in real time, providing them with accurate and intricate images of blood vessels to further help inform patient care.. Photoacoustic tomography imaging uses laser-generated ultrasound waves to visualise subtle changes – an early marker of disease – in the ...
The Engineer - How green steel technologies are driving …
Oct 2, 2024 · The steel industry is poised to transform itself from one of the world’s largest carbon emitters into a key contributor to a sustainable economy, says Adam Aziz, analyst at DAI Magister.
22bn for CCUS and hydrogen in northern clusters - The Engineer
Oct 4, 2024 · “Today’s announcement will give industry the certainty it needs – committing to 25 years of funding in this groundbreaking technology – to help deliver jobs, kickstart growth, and repair this country once and for all,” said prime minister Keir Starmer.
Quarterhorse Mk 1 puts Hermeus on route to hypersonic flight
Apr 3, 2024 · Hermeus designed, built, and integrated Quarterhorse Mk 1 in seven months, and is the company’s second fully-integrated vehicle in the past year, following Quarterhorse Mk 0 which completed its test campaign in November 2023.. Quarterhorse Mk 1 is an uncrewed, remotely piloted aircraft powered by a GE J85 engine with a primary mission to demonstrate high-speed take-off and landing.
UK startup Wild Hydrogen promises carbon negative H2
Nov 11, 2024 · Founded in 2022, the Gloucester-based company’s patented Rising Pressure Reformer (RiPR) can work off a wide range of feedstocks including seaweed, biomass, agricultural and municipal wastes, and plastics. RiPR converts these inputs into hydrogen, biomethane, CO2 and biochar through supercritical water gasification (SCWG).
Amazon and Google bet big on SMRs to power AI
Oct 17, 2024 · Earlier in the week, Google signed an agreement with Kairos Power to install 500MW of SMRs by 2035. Kairos will develop and build SMRs in sites suitable to supply Google data centres, with the tech giant buying ‘energy, ancillary services, and environmental attributes’ through power purchase agreements (PPAs).