Alyssa Sargent, a doctoral student in biology at the University of Washington, is pushing the boundaries of hummingbird tracking with...

There comes a time in every engineer’s career when all options have been exhausted, and the project must end. Sometimes things just don’t...

A team of researchers led by Princeton University with funding from Schmidt Sciences has embarked on an ambitious project to transform...

A new water harvesting system, designed by a team at The Ohio State University, captures water directly from the air, much like a...

As global emissions continue to rise, the world’s top scientists and engineers are working on ways to counteract warming and prevent the...

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are ideal for unmanned missions to the deep sea, military operations, and marine research. However,...

While in combat, soldiers take every precaution to conceal themselves and their vehicles from the enemy. Currently, Army troops use...

Many of the microsystems we use every day, embedded in everything from smartphones to automobiles, need power converters to shift...

Wind turbines can be difficult to maintain, especially offshore. Getting out to sea to inspect the turbines is a dangerous and...

Winter is a critical time for polar bears. In their dens, mothers nurse young cubs, and if they are disturbed, the mother and the cubs...

Bio-inspired engineering—taking lessons from nature and applying them to new technology—has accelerated and innovated designs that would...

Imagine using your phone at the grocery store to determine which fruits and vegetables you’d like to purchase based off of their...

Common photodetectors used in cameras, like the ones on smart phones, cannot distinguish color. Instead, once the photo is captured, the...

Predicting what a person needs from an assistive device is complicated, and varying preferences for control and comfort have made it...

Utilizing 3D printing to construct high-temperature components like gas turbine blades and vanes would save manufacturers precious time...

For more than a decade now, Alec Gallimore, Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan, has witnessed the field of robotics grow...

Rovers and oribital missions have done wonders to improve our understanding of the surface of Mars, but it’s time for scientists to try...

Planetary scientists have their sights set on Jupiter’s moon Europa. It’s about the size of Earth’s moon, but is covered in a thick layer...

Robotic “exoskeleton” technology has greatly advanced in recent years, restoring mobility and functionality to those who’ve lost it. But...

With the ongoing concerns of the addictive nature of opiates and dangerous risks of other pain medications, many medical practioners are...

To create a world where robots and humans coexist, robots should be agile, adaptive, and most of all, responsive. It will be critical for...

A tiny, crustacean-inspired robot may one day swim among others like it in the sea, monitoring the ecosystem and delivering valuable...

As drone technology becomes increasingly advanced, so does their potential threat to our daily lives. In situations like the crisis in...

Autonomous robots are driving cars and sorting recycling, but a team at Johns Hopkins University has been developing a robot for a much...

One drawback to 3D printing for industries such as aerospace, automotive, or medicine is that there simply is no inexpensive way to...

For many people with amputations, robotic prostheses hold the promise of some measure of restored functionality. Controlling those...

Virtual reality developers have been dreaming of a holographic gaming experience since Star Trek’s “Holodeck” first appeared on TV in the...

The principles of the ancient practice of origami still hold great influence in modern-day mechanics. For Renee Zhao, assistant professor...

One of the greatest threats to the future of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is farm runoff of fertilizers and pesticides that damage the...

Many incredible cancer-fighting drugs and treatments have been developed in the past few decades, and on paper, they seem like they hold...

When it was launched in 1998, the International Space Station was only meant to be in commission for 15 years. It was built during the...

It takes rigorous training and testing, an acute level of skill, and costs up to $10 million to train a stealth fighter jet pilot, making...

There’s a rhythm to life that almost every living and non-living thing can tap into. Many species of schooling fish will swim in unison,...

If there is one thing that almost everyone knows about the lifestyle of astronauts in space, it’s that the cuisine is not ideal. This is...

Although Perseverance was set off on a mission to study when life could have existed on Mars, many humans are watching and wondering...

Engineers all over the world are convening on the best techniques for growing organs, tissues, and blood vessels using human cells–and...

In many ways, regenerative medicine is the next engineering frontier. But, one continued challenge of developing tissues and organs in...

Biomimicry, or bioinspiration, is proving to be an effective approach to reimagining technology, especially in biomedical engineering. We...

Vine robots are a promising emerging technology for search and rescue missions. Able to grow to great lengths, these growing robots can...

Industry and government leaders know the key to sustainable growth and continuous innovation is to invest in the young minds that will...

With five years and up to $15 million of NASA funding locked up, Purdue University's Resilient Extra Terrestrial Habitats (RETH)...

Many of us have experienced the sizzle and aroma of steak on a grill. Now, we are one giant step closer to sourcing that meat from a lab...

With the aid of 3D printing and electrospinning, a team of bioengineers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine lead by...

A high-speed soft robotic “tongue” can spring out to five times its original length, snag a beetle crawling on the ground, and bring it...

Skin is one organ that varies greatly from patient to patient. Unlike damaged livers or lungs, which can be replaced by a donor,...

Perception is a tricky thing. Humans use all their senses to learn about their location and the objects with which they interact. If one...

The same mechanism that enables a parasitic wasp to lay her eggs inside a caterpillar without killing it could one day help surgeons...

Treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, is so difficult that less than 1 percent of children survive...

Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that take the longest to master. Which is why a new haptic device that simulates the insertion of a...

By using a softer material as a scaffold, biomedical engineers Lance Kam and Helen Lu of Columbia University can generate a dramatically...