Engineering Matters

Five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. In the UK alone 5.7milli

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#182 Using Gravity to Store Energy

Posted September 29, 202200:19:14

As electricity grids around the world transition to using renewable energy resources, investment will need to be made in energy storage. When the sun...

#181 The Foundations of a New Arctic

Posted September 22, 202200:26:19

When picturing the Arctic, people from warmer latitudes are likely to imagine frozen tundra and lonely steppe. Add global warming to this and the vision...

#180 Mining in a Net Zero World

Posted September 15, 202200:28:03

For industries across the world to reach net zero they are going to rely on mining critical minerals to allow for the electrification of their vehicles...

#179 Trees: Escaping the Heat

Posted September 8, 202200:35:38

In July 2022 the UK burned as temperatures broke 40°C for the first time in recorded history. As each of us tried different approaches to dealing with...

#178 A Vision for a Modular Antarctica

Posted September 1, 202200:29:34

Antarctica New Zealand runs a critical research hub on the volcanic Ross Island. Originally built in 1957, it consists of 12 buildings connected by...