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Orion illuminates shock of falling on white dwarf
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Wendy Jacob, Posted on:
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Education and training, International Cooperation, Science and Technology
Scientists from a large international collaboration have succeeded for the first time to generate a laboratory analogue of a strong shock that takes place when matter falls at very high speed on the surface of extremely dense stars called white …
Planning a major exercise without paper and powerpoint - a shared system in the cloud
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Adrian Friend, Posted on:
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Defence industry, Science and Technology, Support to Operations
The upcoming Unmanned Warrior exercise takes place during October 2016 in Scotland. Unmanned Warrior is the largest ever demonstration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles ever held. With over 50 vehicles collecting data remotely in the air, on the surface, and …
Party Balloons, Cat Litter and Radiation Detection
The benefits of using helium in children’s party balloons have long been recognised. The fact that it is much lighter than air and, unlike hydrogen, not flammable makes it ideal for the task. But what is almost certainly less well …
Creepy-Crawly Creativity - harnessing nature's sound engineers
New innovative concepts for sonar can arise from studying how nature has solved numerous problems helped by millions of years of evolution. Here’s a question….what is the loudest animal on earth size for size? A blue whale (favourite answer of …
National Women in Engineering Day
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Wendy Jacob, Posted on:
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Defence industry, Education and training, People, Science and Technology, Women in Engineering
Today, 23 June is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) - an International campaign to raise awareness of women in engineering. National Women in Engineering Day was set up by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary. Their aim being to …
Helping the STEM to flow - through the generations
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Wendy Jacob, Posted on:
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Education and training, History, People, Science and Technology
A recent report by Engineering UK showed that the engineering sector in the UK contributed an estimated £455.6 billion of the UK’s £1,683 billion GDP in 2014 – a staggering 27.1%. Add to that the fact that the average starting …
The cyber front: a view from industry
Cyber warfare has become the latest addition to the arsenal of countermeasures that the military operator must now consider alongside other force multipliers such as Electronic Warfare (EW). For hundreds of years we formed armies; when we learned how to …
Cyber sorcerers and web wizards wanted
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Professor Penelope Endersby, Posted on:
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People, Policy, Science and Technology
In November 2015 the Prime Minister announced, through the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), that the UK will provide its Armed Forces with advanced cyber capabilities. You can join us in helping make this a reality. We want to …
Additive manufacture at AWE - bit by bit, creating the complex
AWE has proudly been at the forefront of the UK nuclear deterrent programme for more than 60 years and delivers innovative solutions in safeguarding national security, playing a crucial role in our nation’s defence by providing and maintaining warheads for Trident, the UK’s …
To Entente Cordiale and Beyond
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Mark Owen, Posted on:
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Defence industry, International Cooperation, Science and Technology
What is the UK-French MCM ITP? What does it deliver? And how do you get so many different participants together to share their ideas for future technologies? Mark Owen explains here. The Materials and Components for Missiles Innovation and Technology …