Last year marked a major milestone in the history of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Inspec database with the publication of the ten millionth record and the celebrations will continue in 2009 as Inspec’s 40^th anniversary is celebrated.

Highlights of selected abstracts from the Inspec database, covering new papers, research trends and exciting new developments.

Inspec Direct is the English-language bibliographic information service providing access to the world's scientific and technical literature via a new, intuitive, precision research tool.

The new online platform assists engineers, scientists and others in their research, to locate relevant journal articles, conference papers and other documents to drive discovery and innovation.