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Volume 21 Number 17 01 October 2008
NEWS
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Experts voice carbon capture fear |
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EADS holds back flight of A400M transport plane |
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Staff warning for EDF after takeover |
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Growth still slow in engineering enrolements |
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Wave power connects to the grid |
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Faulty electrical link in magnets suspected in Cern shutdown |
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£15m research could boost rail capacity |
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Gripper offers help to disabled |
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Didcot power station testing plant to start CO2 experiment |
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Insyte swings axe on 100 engineer jobs |
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Carmakers angry at Brussels 'fantasy' demand on emissions targets |
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Qinetiq emerges as surprise winner in Tube revamp |
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Cutting carbon and costs |
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Website seeks opinions on the state of the industry |
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Hope CHP appliance could slash energy bills by a third |
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Ricardo investigators join probe into mystery black cab fires |
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Advanced wind tunnel boosts Volvo designs |
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Storms bring a halt to Napoli salvage effort off Devon |
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| Union calls on Remploy to reopen factory |
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| Irish company plans plant to produce biofuel from algae |
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News in brief |
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SURVEYS
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Q&A |
Engineers' views on the global financial crisis |
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Q&A Extra |
A selection of comments we received for our 1 October issue's survey |
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Soundbites |
PE readers' views on an issue of the day |
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Soundbites Extra |
The full, unexpurgated comments submitted by PE readers |
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FEATURES
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Cargo crossover: The government and EU want to see freight move from road to rail. Is there room down the track? |
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Energy How engineers are turning to technology that can measure, analyse and predict conditions at sea as they build offshore energy installations |
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Automotive The humble flywheel is set to shake up the world of Formula One racing next season. PE talks to a firm hoping to get its device onto the grid |
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Energy Dundee University's CHP system is one of the most successful in the UK. We look at the development of its pioneering three-engine plant |
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Manufacturing Focus
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Industry has welcomed the GKN's takeover of Airbus's site at Filton, but investment is required in composites production |
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Meet the UK machine tool sector: booming as the City goes bust |
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Training Focus
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The government is keen for engineers to work in "green collar" jobs, but what are they? |
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Engineering's image problem: changing perceptions among the public, politicians and the media - and the most important audience of all, youngsters |
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Looking at the launch of the new schools engineering diploma |
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Technology
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Windscale sludge pond clean-up gets under way |
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Caterpillar leads way into robotics |
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Automation replaces harmful chemical in hull cleaning |
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Europe targeted for modular production |
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Heavy machinery switch to direct drive |
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Keeping cool in the desert |
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Freightliner orders 30 GE PowerHaul diesels |
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Maintenance-free bearing for farmers |
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Nuclear imaging reveals all |
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Regulars
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Commentary |
The fallout from two long weeks of financial turmoil |
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People |
Who's reached the top of the pile? |
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Bids & deals |
Business deals and takeovers |
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Letters |
Readers have their say |
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Letters Extra |
Readers' views - too late or too long for our printed version |
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TYMHM |
Things you may have missed - The return of an old favourite |
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| Archive |
How to create an artificial diamond |
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| Review |
James May's Big Ideas and a railway book for small and big children |
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Features in PDF
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Commentary |
The fallout from two long weeks of financial turmoil |
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Cover story |
Cargo crossover: The government and EU want to see freight move from road to rail. Is there room down the track? |

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Review |
James May's Big Ideas and a railway book for small and big children |
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Q&A |
Engineers' views |
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Diary Extra |
More than a year's worth of EVENTS |
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PE Classified |
Some services for the readers |
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MX 2008 |
A PDF of the brochure outlining the winners of the MX2008 Manufacturing Excellence Awards |
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