Engineering

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—one we live in

Japan’s LignoSat will test wood’s resilience in space and could lead to a new era of more sustainable, less polluting satellites

Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Cargo ships, like the one that caused the Baltimore bridge to collapse, are getting dangerously big

The loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship collision will teach engineers how to design structures better able to withstand disasters

A large container ship “totally removed” a critical pier from Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

Bringing people together virtually doesn’t seem to boost disruptive research

In 1910 an Anglo-Irish woman named Lilian Bland built a plane with little to no encouragement from her family or aviation enthusiasts. Shortly after the plane took off, she quit flying and moved on to her next challenge

Sallie Pero Mead made major discoveries about how electromagnetic waves propagate that allowed objects to be detected at a distance

A team of scientists has figured out how to convert planet-warming carbon dioxide into a harmless powdery fuel that could be converted into clean electricity