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.
Clothes usually get dirtier as you wear them, but in the future taking your t-shirt out of the drawer might actually clean it. Engineers have developed a type of cotton that is able to clean itself in response to sunlight.
The ability of small businesses to borrow money is a key to economic growth, particularly in manufacturing and engineering. Government plans are in place to increase lending to businesses, but it is being questioned whether greater credit availability is actually allowing companies to borrow more.
Professor Mike Reece, Professor of Functional Ceramics at Queen Mary University of London, UK and Chair of the IOM3 Functional Materials Committee, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Applied Ceramics.
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
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.
