The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers are accepting
applications for their 2012 Venture Prize. The Royal Society are also accepting nominations for a range of awards.
A collaborative group of scientists at Bath, Birmingham and Warwick
universities are looking into new solid electrolytes that work at
temperatures of ~500-700ºC, spurring growing interest in
new apatite-type silicates and germanates.
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
Researchers in the US have created new gamma-ray detector materials that
may lead to the development of handheld devices for nuclear, national
security and biomedical applications.
Delegates at the Royal Academy of
Engineering in London, UK, debated whether we should be concerned about the future global
supply of strategic materials.
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.
