NASA TechRise Student Challenge 5

This competition provides a hands-on opportunity for participants to gain critical skills in engineering, computing, electronics, and more that will be required for America’s technical workforce. If you are in sixth to 12th-grade at a U.S. public, private, or charter school – including those in U.S. territories – your challenge is to team up with […]

Upcoming Launch to Boost NASA’s Study of Sun’s Influence Across Space

Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, the missions include NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, […]

Clarity needed on rail improvements says RIA

New data released by HM Treasury (HMT) has revealed an underspend of £3.2 billion on infrastructure and construction projects in the financial year 2024-25. The figures show the schemes being developed by the Department for Transport (DfT) recorded an underspend of £264 million from a baseline budget of £6.8 billion across all the different categories […]

Gripple’s Forked Collar for OLE gets Network Rail approval

Network Rail has approved Gripple’s latest innovation, SwiftLine Forked Collar, a revolutionary new product designed to take the complexity out of overhead line equipment (OLE) installation. Forked collars, used for terminating and connecting the ends of conductor wires on OLE, have traditionally been hindered by complex installation processes. The lack of a universal design has […]