A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed the world’s... Read more
Researchers are studying human movement as they work on creating an exoskeleton to benefit elderly patients, stroke patients and paraplegics. What if certain patients could get a bionic pick... Read more
If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and robotic personal assistants, you might be right. And thanks in part to wo... Read more
RHex is an all-terrain walking robot that could one day climb over rubble in a rescue mission or cross the desert with environmental sensors strapped to its back. Pronounced “Rex,” like the... Read more
Caltech engineers build electronic chips that repair themselves Imagine that the chips in your smart phone or computer could repair and defend themselves on the fly, recovering in microsecon... Read more
The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, a team of Princeton researchers has found. Bes... Read more
Image via Wikipedia HUNDREDS OF MULTINATIONAL COLLABORATORS,THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS, AND A $10 BILLION PARTICLE ACCELERATOR AT CERN HAVE PRODUCED A NEW WORKING MODEL FOR SCIENCE—AND FOR GLOB... Read more
