DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

16/03/2026
Engineering and construction costs surge: red alert for 2026 industrial projects Material, equipment and subcontracted labor costs rose sharply again in February 2026, according to S&P Global’s Engineering and Construction Cost Indicator, consolidating a new inflationary cycle that is reshaping the viability of industrial projects worldwide.

16/03/2026
Smart factories are no longer optional: AI and robotics fill a 425,000-worker industrial gap The “2026 Smart Factory Outlook” report positions advanced automation —AI, computer vision and collaborative robotics— as a macroeconomic response to a 425,000-worker shortfall in industry, with adoption rates that cement a new plant model based on intelligent orchestration rather than manual labor.

09/03/2026
China speeds up clean nuclear race with world’s first subcritical accelerator-driven reactor China is preparing to switch on in 2027 the China Initiative Accelerator Driven System (CiADS), the world’s first megawatt-scale accelerator-driven subcritical nuclear reactor, designed to burn uranium up to 100 times more efficiently and cut nuclear waste lifetime to less than a thousandth of current levels, a development some experts see as the basis for a safe energy source for the next 1,000 years.

17/02/2026
Liquid Sun and Gallium: How Scientists Produce Clean Hydrogen from Water Scientists at the University of Sydney have developed a circular process that uses liquid gallium and light to generate clean hydrogen from fresh or seawater, without external electricity or purified water, achieving competitive efficiencies for a first prototype.

17/02/2026
Self-Healing Infrastructure: Smart Coatings and IoT Sensors Against Corrosion The combination of self-healing materials and IoT sensors is set to transform maintenance of bridges, pipelines, and marine structures, shifting from reactive repairs to predictive strategies based on real-time data.

17/02/2026
MIT’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026: Redefining the Future of Engineering MIT Technology Review has published its annual “10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026” list, featuring innovations from energy and biotechnology to artificial intelligence and space, set to reshape how we produce energy, design AI systems, and envision future medicine.

03/02/2026
Enzymatic Microbubble Microrobots: A New Way to Treat Tumors from Within A team led by Caltech and USC has developed microscale robots in the form of protein microbubbles capable of autonomously navigating toward tumors, being visualized by ultrasound, and releasing drugs with high precision, opening a promising path for biomedical engineering applied to oncology.

29/12/2025
World’s first 30 MW gas turbine running on pure hydrogen China has achieved a global milestone in clean energy by bringing “Jupiter I” into stable operation, the first 30-megawatt gas turbine that generates electricity using only hydrogen, located in the Inner Mongolia region and designed to tackle one of the biggest challenges of renewables: storing and using surplus wind and solar power with zero carbon emissions.

18/12/2025
Physicists 3D-print a Christmas tree made of pure ice using only water and vacuum A team at the University of Amsterdam has managed to 3D-print an 8-centimeter Christmas tree made entirely of pure ice, using no freezers or cryogenic gases—only water and a vacuum chamber.

17/12/2025
SIMULATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR OPTIMIZATION AND DECISION-MAKING IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CALL FOR PAPERS: Guest editors · Dr Emilio Jiménez Macías, University of La Rioja. · Dr Jorge Luis García Alcaraz, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez.