REE Automotive opens new engineering centre in Warwickshire

Electric vehicle tech firm REE Automotive to create 200 high-skilled jobs at new engineering centre in Warwickshire REE Automotive said it would invest about £66m and create around 200 jobs It added that it plans to establish 15 ‘integration centres’ across the globe REEcorner and REEboard are the company’s two main technologies By Harry Wise For … Read more

British scientists are engineering superbug-beating medications to fight off killer infections

British scientists are engineering superbug-beating medications to fight off killer infections including MRSA Scientists to fight superbugs with medications that mimic human body methods Superbugs have evolved to build up an immunity to many current antibiotics  UN predicts superbugs could cause 10 million deaths a year worldwide by 2050  By Stephen Adams Medical Editor For … Read more

Government may run extra trains and suspend engineering work

The Government is considering putting on extra trains and may suspend engineering work as Britons hit the railways for their Christmas bubble.  Ministers are understood to be concerned about a demand for rail travel following the five-day rule over Christmas which allows up to three households to mix.  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has reportedly urged … Read more

England launching space engineering apprenticeship

Students will have new route into cutting-edge UK industry as England’s first space engineering apprenticeship launches next year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:02 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 2 November 2020 Students will have a new route into a cutting-edge UK industry as England’s first space engineering apprenticeship … Read more

BOY, 12, set to make history as the youngest person to study aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech

Boy, 12, who was accepted to MENSA at age three is set to make history as the youngest person to study aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech and insists ‘I’m not really smart, I just grasp information quickly’ Caleb Anderson is set to commence aerospace engineering classes at Georgia Tech this fall The tween is set … Read more

15,000 people apply for just TEN vacancies on an engineering firm’s factory assembly line

15,000 people apply for just TEN vacancies on an engineering firm’s factory assembly line as scramble for jobs intensifies amid coronavirus crisis The company advertised 10 roles and were shocked to get 15,000 applications  It comes amid a huge scramble for jobs following the coronavirus lockdown  Office For National Statistics figures last week showed 649,000 … Read more

Natwest’s legal battle with Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont

Natwest faces legal battle after Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont falls victim to £4m banking scam By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 Natwest is facing a legal battle with Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont after the firm fell victim to a … Read more

The unsung engineering heroes of D-Day

Never-before-seen photos of the momentous D-Day landings have come to light after 76 years. The images were taken by Lieutenant Stephen Malenoir-Vickers, of the Royal Engineers, who cleared mines and paths across Juno Beach using an armoured bulldozer. Juno Beach was one of five beaches targeted in the allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings … Read more

Researchers examine engineering ‘own’ immune cells to target and destroy coronavirus-infected cells

Re-engineering coronavirus patient’s ‘own’ immune cells to target and destroy virus-infected tissues could be the key to treating the disease, researchers say Researchers say the therapy involves extracting immune cells, called T lymphocytes, from a coronavirus patient’s blood stream Then receptors on the surface of the cells are engineered to recognize cells infected with the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Small engineering company makes ventilator

Family-run engineering company in Wales develop new ventilator in just THREE days to treat coronavirus patients and are manufacturing 100 a day to help battle pandemic Covid Emergency Ventilator was devised with help from a senior NHS consultant Engineers CR Clarke usually design plastic fabrication equipment for industry They were approached by Dr Rhys Thomas … Read more