Scientists’ most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature
From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists’ most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature
Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College
Watson and Crick, Schrödinger and...
Decades into diabetes research, insulin therapy still hard to manage
Israel Hodish, University of Michigan
So, your doctor told you that you need insulin therapy for your Type 2 diabetes.
This is a common problem and...
Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
Jun 30, 2021
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of over 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our...
Understanding the limitations of current search and rescue technology
An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse
Robin R. Murphy, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M’s Robin...
New ways to tackle the ecological damage caused by shipping
Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up – these innovations can help cut emissions
Jing Sun, University of Michigan
Ships carry more...
The winds of change coming to US shores
US approves its first big offshore wind farm, near Martha's Vineyard – it’s a breakthrough for the industry
Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst and...
Time to upgrade Americas energy distribution technology
The US needs a macrogrid to move electricity from areas that make it to areas that need it
James D. McCalley, Iowa State University
Many kinds...
Tracking Covid’s variants and spread with genomic surveillance
Genomic surveillance: What it is and why we need more of it to track coronavirus variants and help end the COVID-19 pandemic
Alexander Sundermann, University...
Viruses enlisted in the war against MRSA
Engineered viruses can fight the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Kevin Doxzen, Arizona State University
As the world fights the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, another...
Energy systems beginning to falter due to extreme weather
The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US
Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Purdue University
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point...
