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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#50 Dealing with Nuclear Waste

Posted March 13, 2020 • 00:19:42

The UK has a legacy of 600,000 tonnes of nuclear waste being held in temporary storage facilities at 30 sites around the country. It is enough to fill...

#49 Uncharted waters: Flooding and drought

Posted March 5, 2020 • 00:35:24

This winter a series of weather bombs detonated across the UK, overwhelming river systems and overtopping flood defences. River levels were off the...

#48 Paving the way in pothole prevention

Posted February 27, 2020 • 00:31:50

How nematode worms, 3D printing and drones could revolutionise our approach to maintaining road surfaces. According to the RAC we are 1.5 times more...

#47 Breathalysing Whales: Drones Revisited

Posted February 20, 2020 • 00:29:18

An update on our Drones episode from January 2019 where we learn about new uses for unmanned aerial vehicles, and celebrate being shortlisted for three...

#46 Metro stations: The gateway to the city

Posted February 13, 2020 • 00:50:17

A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach...