In partnership with scientists from Raytheon and other universities, Eric Young is helping develop a method for using DNA signatures to identify genetically engineered organisms that have be... Read more
Autonomous submersible craft could harvest a species that is damaging critical reefs and depleting valuable fish supplies Undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are... Read more
Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek to scale up human tissue regeneration from small lab samples to full-size tissues, bones, even whole organs to implant in people to trea... Read more
In recent months, government officials in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have made repeated calls for law-enforcement agencies to be able to access, upon due autho... Read more
Eduardo Torres-Jara wants to expand the kinds of tasks robots can perform, by giving them more sensitive fingers. And his startup, Robot Rebuilt, is out making the rounds of Boston venture c... Read more
To measure their vital signs, users simply place their finger lightly against the phone’s camera lens Users of the Pulse Phone app may be justifiably impressed at the way in which it l... Read more
Do you remember those colored building blocks you would use to learn words and numbers, or just construct mighty castles to keep your enemies outside? Well, they’ve now received a 21st... Read more