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Looks at four British companies unfamiliar to the general public but which produce essential components for industry: Howden Compressors, Inco Alloys, Morgan Crucible and the Weir Group.
Examines the ageing process, asking whether it is inevitable that people age and die. Can it be slowed, allowing people to live longer and healthier lives? Looks for answers among the animal kingdom, in the...
Looks at the increasingly sophisticated crowd monitoring techniques being deployed by police and transport authorities, whose knowledge is contributing to improved standards of safety, efficiency and design.
Asthma is reckoned to affect 10 per cent of the world’s population, but it is a mysterious disease with no single cause. Possibilities for fighting the disease range from genetic research to a new type of...
Looks at new engineering techniques that have led to innovations in bridge construction. Engineers can now measure more precisely aspects of structure and loading.
A New Zealand flatworm that eats earthworms was carried to Northern Ireland and spread from there to Scotland and Denmark. Its predations cause a loss of soil fertility and make it a threat to agriculture;...
Examines the phenomenon of globalisation and looks at four companies - Coopers & Lybrand, Guinness, Hill & Knowlton and Lasmo - all of which have faced the challenge of globalisation and have learned to...
Looks at the work of arms control inspectors and some of the methods and technology they use. Notes that it is now almost impossible for a nuclear test to go undetected and chemical and biological weapons...
Explores possibilities of how future cars will be engineered to less harmful to the environment and safer for the driver, and what might be done to improve the flow of traffic in cities.
Looks at four companies - DTZ, Ove Arup, Anglian Water and Keller - which are housed in attractive, functional and comfortable buildings that are the products of skill, technical knowledge and vision.
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