We have a new interactive graphic on the E&T site today about the Total Elgin platform gas leak: http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/interactive/2012-2/elgin-gas-leak.cfm Check it out. Continue reading #Total #Elgin platform gas leak in North Sea – an interactive graphic
Bearing a suitably technical-sounding moniker, Arc 1.1 is the inaugural issue of New Scientist magazine’s bimonthly spin-off focussed on investigating the intersection of science and technology with culture and society at large. With the slightly ominous-sounding subtitle ‘The Future Always Wins’, the magazine is a collection of essays and think pieces interspersed with several pieces of short fiction, all loosely themed around the future, futurism and futurology. The articles range from slightly creepy, sci-fi writer China Mieville’s visit to a marine biology lab, to slightly gloomy, Paul Graham Raven on the Dark Mountain Festival and the collapse of Western civilisation, … Continue reading New Scientist Launches Spin-off
For the first time in the sport’s history, six racing champions will line up on the starting grid of the new F1 season, starting on Sunday. Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button will all be doing their utmost to stop Sebastian Vettel becoming only the third driver to win three titles sin a row. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Formula One F1 Six champions on the grid for 2012 – an annotated graphic
As the Formula One F1 season gets ready to kick off in Melbourne, Australia, this Sunday, we offer this race calendar for the full season. Starting in Melbourne and finishing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, teams and drivers have approximately eight months to prove to the world who has engineered the best cars. This is a year when the F1 circus has become more global than ever: only 40 per cent of races will take place in Europe, the lowest ever proportion. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Formula One F1 race calendar 2012 – an annotated graphic
Ahead of the new Formula One F1 season, we have a series of illustrative graphics to share with you. The first is this one, documenting the myriad rule changes for teams and drivers that are designed to have a beneficial impact on safety and sustainability. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Formula One F1 2012 season rule changes – an annotated graphic
One year after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit north Japan on March 11 2011, triggering the devastating tsunami which led to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, E&T reflects on a year of reporting the engineering news about the after-effects. All our Fukushima news stories are gathered together on a special report page, which is dynamically updated every time we report on further developments. Why not bookmark our Fukushima news page to stay abreast of this story? Continue reading Fukushima anniversary – read the full story in E&T’s special news report
Nissan is to invest close to $2 billion to build a third factory in Mexico, taking the Japanese car maker’s total capacity to more than one million vehicles. Nissan built approximately 600,000 vehicles in Mexicon last year. Back in the UK, the Nissan car plant in Sunderland set a new production record in 2011, building a total of 480,485 vehicles, as reported by E&T recently. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Nissan car factories in Mexico – an annotated graphic
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