Stanford engineers have developed a single-fiber endoscope with a resolution four times better than previous…
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Engineering is a broad discipline that applies scientific, mathematical, and practical knowledge to design, build, and maintain structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes. It encompasses various branches such as mechanical, civil, electrical, and chemical engineering, each focusing on specific technology areas and applications. Engineers solve problems, improve existing technologies, develop new innovations, and create efficient processes using principles of physics and mathematics. This field is crucial for infrastructure development, environmental solutions, and technological advancement, impacting every aspect of modern society from transportation and healthcare to telecommunications and beyond. Engineering also plays a critical role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, sustainability, and resource management, pushing the boundaries of what is possible through innovation and design.
In a newly published study, neuroengineers at Brown University detail the development of the first…
The newly installed Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories set a new…
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a microelectronic device…
Graphene can support 50,000 times its own weight and can spring back into shape after…
Synthetic chemists have designed self-assembling polymers, which require heat in order to rearrange themselves. This…
In order to showcase ultra-strong artificial muscles, Ray Baughman from the University of Texas at…
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) has begun and over the next two years teams will…
The 2012 Move an Asteroid Technical Paper Competition winner, Sung Wook Paek, a graduate student…
Water can be made to boil without any bubbling if a boiling surface is specifically…
Madagascar hissing cockroaches aren’t something pleasant to see, but if you’re trapped under a collapsed…
A company called Rayfish Footwear claims to bring consumers shoes made out of genetically engineered…
While foreign objects continue to present dangers for commercial and military airliner passengers, NASA’s Aviation…
Borrowing design ideas from a toy, scientists at MIT and Harvard have developed a new…
Online gamers obsessed with puzzles have now topped what scientists had failed to do by…