Scientists and engineers can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship.

A novel nanocomposite could improve the mechanical and thermal properties and decrease the oxygen permeability of barrier packaging.

The global financial crisis is affecting supply and driving up prices, claimed speakers at the fourth Living with Minerals conference in London, UK. Michael Forrest finds out what is shaping UK policy.

The UK Brick Awards 2011 celebrated the best constructions of the year.

A system for repairing failing gas pipes and cracked portions of clay pipes could improve on traditional wet layup methods.

Winners of the IOM3 2011 Special and Publication Awards were presented with their medals and prizes at an Awards Lunch at the Institute's London office

Cambridge University has released a diagram that illustrates the consumption of raw materials by people in the UK, using the number of people that could be sculpted from a material to demonstrate how much we all use each year.

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, worth £1m, has been launched by David Cameron to celebrate work that benefits society and to inspire young people to become engineers.

This year, on 23 November, we celebrate the 10th Annual Bretby Conference, in association with the International Clay Technology Association (ICTa), at Stafford County Showground.

Spanish researchers have developed a way to use human waste as an admixture in ceramics, a method that could have industrial and environmental benefits.