Imagine a fortified wood that is strong and inexpensive that it could be used for large-scale projects, reducing the need for steel and...

A new knitted sleeve that mimics human touch gives the wearer a new way to interact with the world, opening possibilities for social and...

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...