It’s Not Sci-Fi—NASA Is Funding These Mind-Blowing Projects
Instead, with his “fluidic telescope” concept, one need only launch a frame structure—such as an umbrella-shaped satellite dish—and a tank of mirror liquid,…
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Diverse Teams Are Needed to Save the Planet
Engineering has a white-male problem. Women make up just 14.5 percent of the engineering workforce in the United Kingdom, with ethnic minorities constituting…
Your Phone Can Determine If a Bridge Is Busted
Because you’re a very responsible person who doesn’t text and drive, when you roll over a bridge your smartphone is stuck to the dash, where it is perhaps…
Single mother has dream fulfilled after years of selflessness and sacrifice | News
Some define a good parent as…
Space Nerds at the Beach: A Dispatch From the Aerospace Games
If you’ve ever watched the 2000s teenage-heartthrob movie Twilight, you know there is an iconic thunderstorm baseball game scene between the Cullen Family and…
Swarms of Mini Robots Could Dig the Tunnels of the Future
There’s no shortage of work out there, either. China recently completed a 20-kilometer railway tunnel in the Longmen Mountains after a decade of construction.…
MLK Elementary robotics camp for girls teaches science, storytelling | News
Girls are receiving plenty…
MLK Elementary STEAM camp for girls teaches science, storytelling | News
Girls are receiving plenty…
Forget Lasers. The Hot New Tool for Physicists Is Sound
Sound waves can also steer objects inside organisms. Daniel Ahmed, an engineer at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, recently used ultrasound to move hollow plastic…