Professional Engineering

Electricity companies fail workers as 2007 accident numbers spike

Soaring energy prices will force industry to cut back production

Skills shortage puts nuclear deterrent programme at risk

Fewer graduates take City jobs

EADS slows production on troubled A400M

Oil production "will peak in 5 years"

Honda sends cars to Europe by rail

Tariff should boost uptake of renewables

Automotive firm shuts Midland factory - 80 jobs lost

Royal Society to study merits of geo-engineering

Small manufacturers set to be hit hard by credit crunch

Union takes compensation fight for engineers to appeal

MoD to order 700 armoured vehicles for Afghanistan

Shotton solar cells boost

Derby leads the way for high-tech cities

Biofuel could come from waste glycerol

Siemens sets aside €1bn as corruption inquiries continue

Signalling upgrade will boost Underground line's capacity

Ford invests for low-emission engines

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Making waves:
The UK's largest wave machine used to evaluate ship designs could win more commercial work

Energy
PE looks at moves by the offshore wind industry to lower costs in an effort to make the sector more attractive to investors

Automotive
Detroit's car industry faces an increasingly bleak outlook, but will a new US president offer some salvation? PE investigates

Transport
Since privatisation the rail industry has been hard-pressed to carry out significant research and development. We find out how that could be about to change

Manufacturing
How a historic cutlery firm has had to modernise to face the sharp end of the business

Automotive
Electric potential: A Ricardo expert offers his views on the charge towards the electricification of the automotive sector

Faster than a speeding bullet: PE takes a look at the simulation work behind pushing the land speed record over the 1,000mph barrier

Get them while they're young: How CAD companies are migrating to the classroom to prepare the next generation of engineers for the challenges ahead

Gaining the upper hand: The virtual war games helping engineers visualise and design new military technologies before they reach production

Strain analysis optimises press shop tooling

Giant motors built for Norway

Micro pumps suit small-volume production

Flywheel and IVT cut bus fuel use by 30%

Tool should boost R&D on nano materials

Oscilloscope has long memory

Dual-speed drives boost alternator efficiency

Faster cancer treatment to cut waiting lists

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The danger of hankering for return to status quo

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Archive looks at one of the oldest books in the institution's library

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Review

Some top Christmas stocking ideas for the engineer with everything

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