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...

Climate change is getting costlier and deadlier. A new report from British charity Christian Aid found that 15 of the world's largest...

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...

A research lab has found an innovative way to close the gap between low-tech passive ankle prostheses and high-tech robotics. A morning...