Technology and Engineering

Recent media reports about the use and exploitation of personal data have increased public awareness of the benefits and drawbacks of the digital age. This area has been a research priority for the ..

Credit: Kevan Mantell Little is known about the world's largest living fish, gentle giants reaching 12 meters (40 feet) in length. Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ..

Credit: Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University Health Science Center You've heard of "nature versus nurture," and philosophers argue about which is more important. But how does this work on the cell..

Credit: Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University Health Science Center You've heard of "nature versus nurture," and philosophers argue about which is more important. But how does this work on the cell..

Credit: US Army illustration by David McNally ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 25, 2018) -- In the future, materials scientists will use advanced software to specify the properties they desire an..

Credit: (Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) In even the most fuel-efficient cars, about 60 percent of the total energy of gasoline is lost through heat in the exhaust pipe and radia..

They cost thousands of dollars, and insurance almost never covers them. But hearing aids may hold the potential to cut older adults' visits to the hospital or emergency room, according to a new s..

Credit: Xiling Shen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers have discovered an unlikely potential ally in the global fight against tuberculosis -- an FDA-approved drug originally desi..

Credit: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard In a paper published today in Science, researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard report a new tool that engineers the CRISPR-based diagnostic SHERL..

Credit: Sarah Bergbreiter A new study has pinpointed principles that are common in the mechanical systems that animals, plants, fungi and machines use to maximize kinetic energy delivery. The resul..