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Transformer Windings: Copper vs Aluminium, Winding Types and Monitoring Tools
How winding materials and layouts are chosen, and how resistance meters and winding temperature indicators help keep transformers in service...
UK Nuclear Workforce Tops 100,000 as 2030 Skills Gap Narrows
The UK nuclear workforce now exceeds 100,000, and the projected 2030 shortfall has fallen from 40,000 to 16,000. Retirements are the next pr...
Coolbrook Brings Electrified Rotary Heating to Australian Alumina Refining
Finland's Coolbrook joins Australia's HILT CRC to explore its 1,700°C electrified rotating heater for next-generation alumina refineries.
Fluor and Inelectra Plan a New Engineering Base in Venezuela
Fluor is returning to Venezuela through an agreement with Inelectra, drawing on a history that includes a 190,000 bbl/d extra-heavy crude up...
AI Agents Could Expand Semiconductor Engineering Without Replacing Verified EDA Tools
AI can cut the effort behind engineering experiments and coordinate EDA workflows, while models, metrology and verification keep decisions g...
Electric Drives: Components, Control Types, Trade-Offs and Applications
Electric drives pair motors with power electronics and control systems to match speed, torque and motion to loads across industrial and ever...
GEFERTEC to Show 700 kg WAAM Impeller and Titanium System at Formnext 2026
GEFERTEC will exhibit large WAAM components and preview modular, titanium-focused and containerized production systems in Frankfurt.
LoRaWAN Smart Metering Passes 30 Million Devices as European Utility Demand Grows
More than 30 million meters use LoRaWAN worldwide, while European tender activity and large water deployments point to growing utility adopt...
Women in Robotics Medal Gala Honors Ayoung Kim and Allison Okamura
MassRobotics' 4th Women in Robotics Medal Gala recognized 2026 honorees Ayoung Kim and Allison Okamura, and set nominations for the 2027 med...
Humanoid Robots Advance, but General Purpose Autonomy Remains a Long Way Off
RoboCup’s humanoids show gains in hardware and learned control, while task fit, reliable autonomy and human interaction remain open challeng...
UK Consultation Weighs CO2 Phaseout for Pig Stunning Against Processing Capacity
A proposed CO2 phaseout aims to improve pig welfare, while processors say alternatives lack evidence on throughput and commercial viability.
BP Accelerates $350 Million Louisiana Payment as Profits Rise
BP will pay Louisiana $350 million upfront, bringing forward part of its Deepwater Horizon obligations as refining and trading gains lift pr...
Nikon SLM Sets Co-President Structure as Sam O’Leary Moves to Supervisory Board
Jan-Niklas Thielmann and Simone Castellani will lead daily operations as Nikon SLM prepares to introduce its MACHX system at Formnext.
DMC Chicago Turns Detective at a Halloween Murder Mystery Night
DMC Chicago's team swapped engineering problems for suspects and clues at a Halloween murder mystery, where misdirection proved the hardest...
Experience AI reaches Latin American classrooms through local partners
Experience AI has held launch events in four Latin American countries, with a 2028 target of reaching more than 1.25 million young people th...
England to Measure PFAS Levels in Population Survey, With First Results Expected in 2027
PFAS testing in England’s annual health survey will establish a population reference point, with first results expected in 2027.
Drax Plans 100 MW AI Data Centre at North Yorkshire Power Station
Drax and its partners plan a 100 MW first phase by Q1 2028, with capacity potentially exceeding 500 MW from 2031.
How GEHA’s Solo Engineer Uses Solid Edge and AI to Review Drawings and Automate Work
At fan maker GEHA, Jan Bos uses AI with Solid Edge to check drawings, build small tools and cut repetitive work across engineering.
Raspberry Pi 5 16GB at $385: Who Actually Needs That Much RAM
A 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 now lists at $385 bare, versus $120 at launch. Here's where extra RAM pays off and where 8GB or a second Pi wins.
Arm Under SoftBank: Pelion’s IoT Ambitions and the Push to Expand R&D
SoftBank backed Arm’s IoT platform and expanded its engineering resources, but Pelion was later sold off as the company’s ambitions shifted.
Wireless Charging Moves Into Fleet Planning as Mobile Robot Deployments Grow
Ben Waters describes how opportunity charging, battery sizing, power infrastructure and higher output chargers shape robot fleet uptime.