Motorsport
Defender wins Dakar Stock class on first attempt
Few teams win the Dakar Rally, the world's most punishing off-road race, on their first attempt
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Space
Surrey Satellite Technology
Forty-five years ago, a British satellite was built from off-the-shelf parts in an improvised cleanroom.
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Aerospace
World's largest jet fan blade, built in Bristol
A jet engine fan blade the size of a small dining table sounds impossible to build from carbon fibre.
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Marine (International)
Electric boats that fly on carbon fibre
A boat that flies needs an aircraft designer's instincts and a race engineer's electronics.
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Rail
200 miles, zero charging, world record
A train that never needs an overhead wire sounds implausible. Between West Ealing and Greenford, it is now a daily commute.
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Motorsport
Defender and Castrol
Winning the Dakar Rally owes as much to chemistry as to horsepower. The World Rally-Raid Championship opens with this gruelling event.
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Defence
Royal Navy mine-hunting, without any sailors
The most dangerous job in the Royal Navy may soon involve no sailors at all. Mines are typically cleared by placing people directly in harm's way
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Space
Coatings built to survive Mercury's extreme heat
Nothing in the solar system cooks quite like the space around Mercury. Spacecraft operating there face extreme thermal, radiation and vacuum conditions
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Defence
Built to vanish: Britain's newest submarine
Some machines are built to be seen. The Dreadnought-class submarine is built to disappear.
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High-Performance Automotive
The hypercar that drives upside down
Most hypercars need speed before they can defy gravity. The McMurtry Spéirling does it standing still.
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Marine
Athena Racing
Britain’s next America’s Cup challenger is based in landlocked Northamptonshire, about as far from the open sea as an English team can be.
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Off-Highway
Digger engine smashes 406mph world record
The world's fastest hydrogen vehicle is powered by an engine designed to dig foundations, not break records.
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Motorsport / Aerospace Crossover
Flying race cars, built by F1 engineers
Formula 1 and fighter jet engineers don't usually share an employer.
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Rail (International)
World's highest railway runs on frozen ground
World's highest railway runs on frozen ground
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Rail (International)
3D-printed train nose, no mould needed
3D-printed train nose, no mould needed
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