The Home Performance Index: Measuring the sustainability of our new homesJune 12, 2018
The Home Performance Index has been developed so that home buyers can make more responsible choices when a gulf exists in the sustainability or quality of new residential schemes, writes Pat Barry
Project management and why early robust stakeholder engagement is a necessityJune 12, 2018
Early, ongoing and inclusive stakeholder engagement is no longer a choice but a necessity to ensure the development of future large-scale infrastructure in Ireland, from planning consent to construction completion, writes April Mangan
17 innovations that will power the shift to smarter factoriesJune 12, 2018
Meet 17 technologies leading the way to a new industrial revolution, writes Saoirse Kerrigan
Robot submarine discovers 300-year-old shipwreck with $17bn in treasureJune 12, 2018
After two years of keeping the discovery hidden, a team of researchers confirmed their autonomous robot discovered a 300-year-old shipwreck off the Colombian coast, writes Shelby Rogers
ESTeEM – the DIT mentoring project supporting female engineering studentsJune 12, 2018
A fresh approach to mentoring encourages female engineering students to overcome isolation, connect with working engineers and go on to successful careers in the industry
Configuration management: An overviewJune 12, 2018
First developed in the Cold War, configuration management was conceived to prevent common project afflictions of scope creep, poor documentation, and undisciplined change to a product (the output of a project) throughout its lifecycle
Mechanical engineering in the Middle Ages: The catapult, mechanical clocks and many more we never knew aboutJune 12, 2018
Mechanical engineering advancements didn't end with the fall of Rome in 476 AD. Engineers continued to labour, often in anonymity, throughout the Middle Ages, writes Christopher McFadden
Blood test could predict the exact due date for expectant mothersJune 12, 2018
Measuring RNA fragments in a pregnant woman’s blood gives a reliable estimate of the baby’s due date and can predict if the baby will arrive prematurely, a Stanford-led team has shown
Engineers design colour-changing compression bandageJune 12, 2018
Bandage is threaded with photonic fibres that change colour to signal pressure level
Researchers build a water-based battery to store solar and wind energyJune 12, 2018
This prototype technology could fill a missing piece in the energy puzzle by providing a way to store wind and solar energy so we’ll burn less carbon-emitting fossil fuels, writes Tom Abate
Russia’s first-of-its-kind floating nuclear plant begins its first voyageJune 12, 2018
The world’s first floating nuclear power plant set on its first voyage in April 2018. The Russian Akademik Lomonosov has media, environmental groups and other countries worried, writes Loukia Papadopoulos
Scientists develop process to turn toxic air into cheap carbon nanotubesJune 12, 2018
Vanderbilt University researchers present a new method of extracting cheap carbon nanotubes from the CO₂ in the air, writes Maverick Baker
