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TxDOT grants allow UTA civil engineers to build more resilient roadways
(University of Texas at Arlington) Two civil engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are working with the Texas Department of Transportation to better monitor and predict soil weakness, which can lead to slope failures on stat...
Engineers tap DNA to create 'lifelike' machines
(Cornell University) Tapping into the unique nature of DNA, Cornell engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties of living things.
Engineers develop concept for hybrid heavy-duty trucks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Researchers at MIT have devised a new way of powering heavy-duty trucks that could drastically curb pollution, increase efficiency, and reduce or even eliminate their net greenhouse gas emissions.
RIT faculty earns award to study how to help more students become scientists, engineers
(Rochester Institute of Technology) Assistant Professor Ben Zwickl has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to explore how lab-based, project-based and work-based learning environments can teach sophisticated problem-solving skills...
UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders
(University of California - Irvine) Here's something to chew on: One in four people are impacted by defects of the temporomandibular - or jaw - joint. Despite the pervasiveness of this affliction, treatments are lacking, and many sufferers resor...
Engineers develop inexpensive, smart stop sign to improve driver safety
(University of Texas at San Antonio) According to the US Department of Transportation, more than half of all roadway fatalities occur on rural roads. Now engineers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are building and testing a low-cost,...
Engineers develop inexpensive, smart stop sign to improve driver safety
(University of Texas at San Antonio) According to the US Department of Transportation, more than half of all roadway fatalities occur on rural roads. Now engineers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are building and testing a low-cost,...
Digitalized infinity: Engineers present blockchain technology to verify natural diamonds
(National University of Science and Technology MISIS) Members of the Russian startup Bitcarat.com, graduates of the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, commercialize a unique technology, aimed at verifying and tracing natural diamond...
Nanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum alloy
(UCLA Samueli School of Engineering) Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering are using nanotechnology to weld the alloy, known as AA 7075, which has been almost impossible to weld together using the technique commonly used to assemble bod...