Load/Path https://theloadpath.com/ The week in engineering, cut to what you need before the kettle boils. en-gb Load/Path 07 · News edition: Why Google's London backup generators never started https://theloadpath.com/issues/07/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/07/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT A controller that thought the mains was fine, five east London blocks emptied over transfer slabs, an F1 cooling fault and 7 more stories. Load/Path 07 · Design Desk: Six new designs, from a plug for ships at a wind farm to a Moon engine from ex-student rocketeers https://theloadpath.com/issues/07-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/07-design/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT A ship that plugs into a wind farm, a car chip whose kernel boots in 66 ms, a Moon engine from ex-student rocketeers, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 06 · News edition: Finland gets the world's first licence to bury used nuclear fuel for good https://theloadpath.com/issues/06/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/06/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The world's first licensed deep store for used nuclear fuel, a viaduct pushed over the M6, silicone recycled in the lab and 12 more stories. Load/Path 06 · Design Desk: Nine new designs, from a viaduct pushed over a motorway to a heart patch with no electronics https://theloadpath.com/issues/06-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/06-design/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Railway work squeezed into 18 days, solar wings that unroll with no motors, an implant that burns off blood sugar, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 05 · News edition: America proposed 13.6 GW of new nuclear power in one week https://theloadpath.com/issues/05/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/05/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT 13.6 GW of new US nuclear proposed in a week, a Tesla that jumps over parked cars, a mission to fetch a piece of a Martian moon and 13 more stories. Load/Path 05 · Design Desk: Nine new designs, from a two-week rescue tool to a touchscreen you can wash https://theloadpath.com/issues/05-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/05-design/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Data sent on background noise, a humanoid that sits down to stay safe, robots driven by real muscle, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 04 · News edition: NASA fixed Orion's heat shield without changing the shield https://theloadpath.com/issues/04/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/04/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Orion's heat shield fixed by a new flight path, 12.6 million °C in a UK-checked fusion machine, Portugal's first high-speed line and 12 more stories. Load/Path 04 · Design Desk: Nine new designs, from a heat shield fixed by flying differently to a duct with no joints https://theloadpath.com/issues/04-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/04-design/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A robot that refits a reactor, solar arrays that unroll, a one-camera racing drone, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 03 · News edition: The quickest new nuclear power is inside old reactors https://theloadpath.com/issues/03/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/03/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT More power from old US reactors, ITER's last big part, cement made in a steel furnace, a robot hand that walks and 11 more stories. Load/Path 03 · Design Desk: Nine new designs, from a lab-friendly tram to a heart valve that grows https://theloadpath.com/issues/03-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/03-design/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A battery for the seabed, a one-step 800 V converter, a satellite inspector, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 02 · News edition: A 365-metre wind turbine, lifted into place from the inside https://theloadpath.com/issues/02/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/02/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The world's tallest wind turbine, £5.9bn of gas the UK didn't buy, Airbus's new freighter flies, a robot hand with four fingers and 11 more stories. Load/Path 02 · Design Desk: Nine new designs, from a tower that lifts itself to a four-finger hand https://theloadpath.com/issues/02-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/02-design/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT A viaduct slid across a floodplain, a Venus probe cooked six times, implants that talk through tissue, plus the problems still open and where you fit in. Load/Path 01 · News edition: Lake Powell's power margin is down to 27 feet https://theloadpath.com/issues/01/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/01/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT Lake Powell's record low, nuclear fuel past 5%, a battery you can swallow, shorter F1 races and 15 more stories. Load/Path 01 · Design Desk: Somebody had to design every one of these https://theloadpath.com/issues/01-design/ https://theloadpath.com/issues/01-design/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT Nine new designs, from a humanoid that sits down to a swallowable battery, plus the problems still open and where you fit in.