Rutgers Researchers Develop Automated Robotic Device for Faster Blood Testing Wed, June 13, 2018 Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to allow health care practitioners to spend more time treating patients. Read More
New System Recovers Fresh Water From Power Plants Fri, June 08, 2018 A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting power plant operating costs. Read More
AI-Based Method Could Speed Development of Specialized Nanoparticles Fri, June 01, 2018 A new technique developed by MIT physicists could someday provide a way to custom-design multilayered nanoparticles with desired properties, potentially for use in displays, cloaking systems, or biomedical devices. Read More
A Photosynthetic Engine for Artificial Cells Tue, May 29, 2018 In the quest to build an artificial cell, there are two approaches: The first, reengineers the genomic software of a living cell. The second, focuses on cellular hardware, building simple, cell-like structures from the ground up that mimic the function of living cells. Read More
Carbon-Recycling System: Two-Electron Chemical Reactions Using Light Energy, Gold Tue, May 15, 2018 Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar energy to efficiently convert CO2 and water into liquid fuels. By optimizing many parts of the system, the researchers say, they can now drive two-electron chemical reactions, a substantial advance over ... Read More
Virtual Reality Technology Opens New Doors of Spacial Perception Sun, May 06, 2018 Using virtual reality and other immersive technologies, researchers are able to use new methods to investigate how we make sense of the word with sound. Read More
Engineered Polymer Membranes Could Be New Option for Water Treatment Fri, May 04, 2018 The world's freshwater resources are in short supply. According to the United Nations, water scarcity affects an estimated 1.9 billion people and 2.1 billion people live with drinking water services that are not safely managed. Read More
Novel Reaction Could Spark Alternate Approach to Ammonia Production Wed, May 02, 2018 The search for a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly method of ammonia production for fertilizer has led to the discovery of a new type of catalytic reaction. Read More
Bright Future for Solar Cell Technology Fri, April 27, 2018 Harnessing energy from the sun, which emits immensely powerful energy from the center of the solar system, is one of the key targets for achieving a sustainable energy supply. Read More
A Higher-Energy, Safer and Longer-Lasting Zinc Battery Wed, April 18, 2018 A team led by researchers at University of Maryland's (UMD) A. James Clark School of Engineering has created a water-based zinc battery that is simultaneously powerful, rechargeable, and intrinsically safe. Read More
Students Tackle Grand Engineering Challenges Fri, April 13, 2018 The 12 students are the first to seek recognition as Grand Challenges Scholars at the University of Rochester, which joined the National Academy of Engineering program last summer. Students from any discipline can apply, including humanities and social sciences. Read More
“Water for sustainable development”: UN Secretary-General's message at launch of international decade for action Fri, March 23, 2018 Yesterday was World Water Day. By 2050 at least one in four people will live in a country where the lack of fresh water will be chronic or recurrent. Read More
Jeff Dean Thinks AI Can Solve Grand Challenges–Here’s How Tue, March 13, 2018 In 2008, the National Academy of Engineering presented 14 Grand Challenges that, if solved, had the potential to radically improve the world. Thanks to recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence – specifically, the advent of deep neural networks — we’re on pace to solve ... Read More
Vanderbilt IRIS Initiative: Shaping the Infrastructure of Tomorrow Thu, January 18, 2018 A 2016 Trans-Institutional Program award, the Vanderbilt Initiative for Intelligent Resilient Infrastructure Systems continues to make progress. The development of the program coincides with the university becoming a recognized leader in the innovation of civil infrastructure. Read More
New Interdisciplinary K-8 STEM Service from Discovery Education Incorporates NAE 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering Tue, January 16, 2018 Inspired by the NAE's Grand Challenges for Engineering and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, STEM Connect’s Real World Challenges inspire younger students to pursue solutions to personal, local issues while middle school students explore possible solutions to more complex, global ... Read More
UVA Engineering Tapped to Lead $27.5 Million Center to Reinvent Computing Tue, January 16, 2018 "Most of the grand challenges the National Academy of Engineering has identified for humanity in the 21st century will require effective use of big data...this investment affirms the national research community's confidence that UVA has the vision and expertise to lead a new era for technology." Read More
Finding Companies to Invest in Big Ideas Wed, January 10, 2018 From Grand Challenge Scholar to Forbes "30 Under 30": Q&A with Scott Martin E'14 Read More
Spielberg's Ready Player One – in 2045, Virtual Reality is Everyone's Saviour Tue, January 02, 2018 Ready Player One, a work of science fiction from 2011 by Ernest Cline and now a movie by Steven Spielberg, follows Wade Watts, the story’s protagonist, who is born into a generation that feels failed by reality. Read More
A Tribute to Calestous Juma from His Colleagues at BCSIA Fri, December 15, 2017 Biotechnology scientist Calestous Juma passed away on December 15, 2017. Read More
Grand Challenges Committee Member Farouk El-Baz to Receive 2018 Inamori Ethics Prize Mon, December 11, 2017 For his life’s work, El-Baz will receive the 2018 Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University. Read More