The IMPACT project team encouraged children and their carers to learn about micro engineering at the Edinburgh International Science Festival this year.
Dr Rory Hadden, Rushbrook Lecturer in Fire Investigation at the School of Engineering, was invited to speak on the Jeremy Vine Show on Wednesday 24 April.
Evidence from a historic site appears to confirm the date of a comet strike that killed thousands, wiped out many large animal species, and triggered a mini ice age, according to research led by Dr Martin Sweatman of the School of Engineering.
The Hyperloop society at the University of Edinburgh, HypED, was recently selected to build a prototype for the global finals of SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, which will take place in late August at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.