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Engineering: is the application of knowledge, ideally in the form of science, mathematics, and empirical evidence, to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.
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JAN 20, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are testing a way to control a single microbot that operates as part of a group. The robots are too small fo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Just at the end of last year, astronauts aboard the International Space Station were sharing photos and videos of their ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2016Cardiology
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease without a cure that a thousand new Americans every year, requires numer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Who says that all forests have to exist on land? – An idea thought up by artist Jorge Bakker will give the world a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 10, 2016Technology
Leonardo Da Vinci – love him or hate him – is a big part of history. He’s known for his many sketches ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients with type 1 diabetes may be on the verge of getting an artificial pancreas system as a new treatment for their ...JAN 04, 2016Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 01, 2016Health & Medicine
Potato chips, bacon, milk chocolate - all are examples convenient foods engineered for maximum tastiness. Widespread adv ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 31, 2015Neuroscience
The question of how the brain processes music has been researched for decades. While specific areas of the brain are kno ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2015Neuroscience
Brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases are devastating to those who suffer them and incredibly complex for the do ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 23, 2015Neuroscience
While it is the 21st century, the promise of the Jetson existence of flying cars and robot housekeepers hasn’t act ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...DEC 16, 2015Neuroscience
Anyone who has ever tried to speak to someone who is engrossed in a video game or a television program knows that the vi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 11, 2015Microbiology
Ever had jet-lag? This woe of long-distance travelers strikes when your circadian rhythm (or, biological clock) is ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
Friday morning at approximately 4:49 A.M. Eastern time, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station boarded ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 06, 2015Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
JAN 20, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are testing a way to control a single microbot that operates as part of a group. The robots are too small fo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Just at the end of last year, astronauts aboard the International Space Station were sharing photos and videos of their
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2016
Cardiology
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease without a cure that a thousand new Americans every year, requires numer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Who says that all forests have to exist on land? – An idea thought up by artist Jorge Bakker will give the world a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 10, 2016
Technology
Leonardo Da Vinci – love him or hate him – is a big part of history. He’s known for his many sketches
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients with type 1 diabetes may be on the verge of getting an artificial pancreas system as a new treatment for their
...
JAN 04, 2016
Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
Potato chips, bacon, milk chocolate - all are examples convenient foods engineered for maximum tastiness. Widespread adv
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 31, 2015
Neuroscience
The question of how the brain processes music has been researched for decades. While specific areas of the brain are kno
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases are devastating to those who suffer them and incredibly complex for the do
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 23, 2015
Neuroscience
While it is the 21st century, the promise of the Jetson existence of flying cars and robot housekeepers hasn’t act
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
DEC 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Anyone who has ever tried to speak to someone who is engrossed in a video game or a television program knows that the vi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 11, 2015
Microbiology
Ever had jet-lag? This woe of long-distance travelers strikes when your circadian rhythm (or, biological clock) is
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Friday morning at approximately 4:49 A.M. Eastern time, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station boarded
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet