Engineering Innovation

Researchers are working on a way to predict when symptoms from the novel coronavirus might turn dangerous.

As wildfire season starts, engineers are developing a new tool to stop them in their tracks.

Making enough COVID-19 vaccine to immunize the world will be a challenge, but a new vaccination method, without the typical needles, may help.

Re-opening during the pandemic would be easier to safely manage if we had a quick at-home test, like a pregnancy test, for COVID-19 infection. Engineers may be close.

Re-opening during the pandemic would be easier to safely manage if we had a quick at-home test, like a pregnancy test, for COVID-19 infection. Engineers may be close.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.

The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.

Since nuclear power plants don’t emit greenhouse gases, many think they are a solution to climate change. So a push is now on to boost worldwide nuclear energy production by deploying more – but much smaller – reactors.

Since nuclear power plants don’t emit greenhouse gases, many think they are a solution to climate change. So a push is now on to boost worldwide nuclear energy production by deploying more – but much smaller – reactors.

As restaurants re-open, now you’ll want their employees’ hands to really be clean. A new device could help. While it doesn’t yet check specifically for coronavirus, it can spot other dangerous pathogens.

As restaurants re-open, now you’ll want their employees’ hands to really be clean. A new device could help. While it doesn’t yet check specifically for coronavirus, it can spot other dangerous pathogens.

While political views differ, democracy depends upon a basic agreement about facts. Can technology help people sort truth from trash in social media?

While political views differ, democracy depends upon a basic agreement about facts. Can technology help people sort truth from trash in social media?

Researchers are now exploring whether dogs can detect a person infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by smell. Trace odors have already been connected to other infections.

Researchers are now exploring whether dogs can detect a person infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by smell. Trace odors have already been connected to other infections.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

We mostly talk about carbon dioxide as the culprit of climate change. But methane is actually about a hundred times more powerful as a greenhouse gas.

We mostly talk about carbon dioxide as the culprit of climate change. But methane is actually about a hundred times more powerful as a greenhouse gas.

Antarctica is melting faster than expected…and a recent U-N report says, unless something is done, sea levels will likely rise higher by the end of this century than previous estimates. Some scientists say it may be time to think of radical solutions.

Antarctica is melting faster than expected…and a recent U-N report says, unless something is done, sea levels will likely rise higher by the end of this century than previous estimates. Some scientists say it may be time to think of radical solutions.

Diagnosing lung diseases ideally uses tools like chest X-rays and blood tests, but in times when the healthcare system is stressed the stethoscope may be the only tool.

Diagnosing lung diseases ideally uses tools like chest X-rays and blood tests, but in times when the healthcare system is stressed the stethoscope may be the only tool.

Brain implants can treat diseases ranging from Parkinson’s to depression, but patients must generally be tethered to machines. The key to a new solution might be in your pocket.

Brain implants can treat diseases ranging from Parkinson’s to depression, but patients must generally be tethered to machines. The key to a new solution might be in your pocket.

Mars has a harsh environment. So, in anticipation of human travel there, engineers are working on ways to make parts of the planet more hospitable for life.

Mars has a harsh environment. So, in anticipation of human travel there, engineers are working on ways to make parts of the planet more hospitable for life.

If you want to help researchers fighting the coronavirus, even while you’re hunkering down at home, we’ve got a video game for you!

If you want to help researchers fighting the coronavirus, even while you’re hunkering down at home, we’ve got a video game for you!

Thirty years ago, a bacteria from the Potomac River was found to produce its own tiny wires that conduct electricity. Just last month, an even more surprising discovery was announced.

Thirty years ago, a bacteria from the Potomac River was found to produce its own tiny wires that conduct electricity. Just last month, an even more surprising discovery was announced.

More than thirty years ago, a new type of bacteria was discovered in the mud of the Potomac River. Now it could provide a key to producing clean energy.

More than thirty years ago, a new type of bacteria was discovered in the mud of the Potomac River. Now it could provide a key to producing clean energy.

A new technique might soon allow you to stream High Definition video from a camera so small it could be attached to your glasses.

A new technique might soon allow you to stream High Definition video from a camera so small it could be attached to your glasses.

The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.

The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.

Engineers have created the first medical device that simply dissolves in the body after its job is done.

Engineers have created the first medical device that simply dissolves in the body after its job is done.

The current coronavirus outbreak is being tracked using technologies that monitor news and social media, in the hope of identifying hotspots and predicting its spread.

The current coronavirus outbreak is being tracked using technologies that monitor news and social media, in the hope of identifying hotspots and predicting its spread.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

Wind turbines are getting a redesign at the University of Virginia…inspired by the way palm trees withstand storms.

Wind turbines are getting a redesign at the University of Virginia…inspired by the way palm trees withstand storms.

Nature’s plants take in carbon dioxide and use it to grow. But they can’t keep up with the amount of C-O-2 that we pump into the air by burning fossil fuels.

Nature’s plants take in carbon dioxide and use it to grow. But they can’t keep up with the amount of C-O-2 that we pump into the air by burning fossil fuels.