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Updated ESC/EACTS Guidelines, being published today at ESC Congress 2025, aim to improve the way that patients with valvular heart disease are diagnosed and treated, responding to robust new evidence that suggests some newer and less invasive treatments could be offered more widely and consistently to patients. The updated ESC/EACTS Guidelines have been produced by…
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Eaton and ChargePoint announce ultrafast DC charging architecture with end-to-end power infrastructure for public charging and fleets. (Image courtesy of Eaton) Power management company Eaton, together with ChargePoint, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, announced an “ultrafast charging architecture” with end-to-end power infrastructure for public charging and fleets. ChargePoint Express Grid, powered by…
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Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called mitochondria breathe life into our bodies, buzzing with energy as they produce the fuel that powers each of our cells. Maintaining mitochondrial metabolism requires input from many molecules and proteins-some of which have yet to be discovered. Salk Institute…
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Listen to this article “The answer to our transport crisis is lots of boring little things like bus lanes, tram systems, and new stations, and not one grand mega-project (HS2) that is only going to touch a handful of people.” These are the words of Andrew Gilligan, who was a special advisor to Rishi Sunak.…
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Listen to this article On 8 July, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the go-ahead for over 50 road and rail upgrades across the UK, including five strategic road schemes and five key rail upgrades. Backed by over £92 billion from the Spending Review settlement, the review sets out what the government says is the…
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Listen to this article In a statement to Parliament on 18 June, Transport Minister Heidi Alexander’s statement drew a line in the sand in respect of HS2. She emphasised that its problems of “budgets calculated then blown, promises made then broken” were now in the past. She explained how the project was being reset by…
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Image courtesy Rolls-Royce mtu Rolls-Royce, in a consortium with Flexpowernet, has been awarded a contract by Dutch grid operator Stedin to supply 24 containerised mobile mtu gas gensets, which will be deployed flexibly in the province of Utrecht to stabilise the power grid. The units, with a total output of 60MW, are to be deployed…
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Listen to this article Since 2012, the Railway Division of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, supported by the Friends of the Stapleford Miniature Railway (FSMR) which operates the railway, have run 13 Railway Challenges. These require teams of young engineers to design and build a 1/5th scale miniature locomotive. The teams and their locomotives are…
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Listen to this article Rail Engineer often describes innovation in the world of passenger information systems, online train running information, ticketing initiatives and suchlike, all based around the technology and its deployment. But how effective are these developments and do they fulfil the needs of the different types of passengers? A recent online event assessed…
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Listen to this article Visiting railways outside the UK on the IMechE’s technical tour always provides fascinating insights. In May, this year’s tour visited the Netherlands, Germany, and France. The next issue will have a full report on this tour. In the meantime, for our station focus issue, this feature describes the major station projects…
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