‘I felt empowered to be a great mother and engineer’: how a career in aerospace can take off
For someone with an early passion for planes and science, working on flight systems technology provides an ideal work-life balance for engineer Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee
June 2020
Women in engineering 2020
‘We need to show girls that engineering is exciting’: how role models can light a spark
Women in engineering 2020
‘Engineering is no longer just a job for the boys – but gender stereotyping still needs to be challenged’
Emma Kent
June 2019
University Guide 2020
University subject profile: materials and mineral engineering
Study of how things are made and could be improved‚ including materials science, minerals technology, ceramics and glass, polymers and textiles
April 2015
QS world university rankings 2015: material sciences
The top 100 universities in the world for materials sciences, as ranked by higher education data specialists QS
December 2014
GrrlScientist
The best popular science books of 2014: Physical sciences
GrrlScientist
GrrlScientist: Today, I share a list of what I consider to be the best popular physical sciences books of the year, hoping that you’ll find lots of interesting and unusual ideas for all the maths-astro-physics-chemistry buffs on your holiday gift-giving list!
November 2014
GrrlScientist
New books Party: Books that arrived recently
GrrlScientist
GrrlScientist: Today I share my first impressions of books about urban birds, materials science and a children’s dystopian novel that was recently adapted into a film.
June 2014
University guide 2015 subject tables
University guide 2015: league table for materials and mineral engineering
University guide 2015: league table for materials and mineral engineering
March 2014
The perovskite lightbulb moment for solar power
Cheap, abundant solar power from Britain's grey skies? Don't mock, this is one dream that could soon be a reality, writes Mark Miodownik
March 2012
Sir Alan Cottrell obituary
Chief scientific adviser to the government who transformed the study of metallurgy
March 2011
Marshall Stoneham obituary
Theoretical physicist with a long-term view of scientific progress
January 2011
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: The next generation supercomputer
How new technologies will boost your laptop; how Ikea makes you buy stuff you don't need; plus, new evidence questioning the out of Africa theory
November 2009
Anthony Evans obituary
Materials scientist at the forefront of ceramics research
