Tag: Engineering
Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist...
Md S Hossain, University of Texas at Arlington
Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each...
Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning...
Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Bohong Zhang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Chen Zhu, Missouri University of Science...
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030...
John M. Horack, The Ohio State University
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000,...
Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Pick up a button mushroom from the supermarket and...
US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows
Joshua M. Pearce, Western University
Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses....
All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how...
Zachary del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering
Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the...
The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how...
Andrew Sommers, Miami University
If you are a frequent flyer, you’ve probably been at the airport waiting to jet...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
