Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body’s natural response to tissue that appears foreign.

Researchers have found that low-micronaire cotton – one of the lowest-quality types of cotton – is most effective at picking up oil.

University of Delaware scientists have confirmed the presence of “spin” – a magnetic field generated by electrons.

Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants.

Working to advance biomass as a leading source for more efficient drop-in biofuels, bio-power and animal feed, a Kansas State University biochemical engineer will help lead new research as part of a national collaboration.

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a concept for roadway illumination called “Ecoluminance” to guide drivers through less familiar roundabouts.

The National Engineers Week Foundation is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

A new method of manufacturing wind turbine blades, used in the capturing of energy that produces power, is expected to enable the construction of much larger wind turbines with higher efficiency and lower costs.

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) announced the teams that will study and identify key steps needed to extend and accelerate implementation of the emerging discipline of integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) in the automotive, aerospace/aircraft, and maritime industries.

In work supported by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, researchers have taken a new look at an old, but seldom-used technique developed by the petroleum industry to recover oil…

When Adam Estelle graduated from the University of Arizona’s (UA) materials science and engineering program four years ago, he had no idea he would become involved in saving thousands of lives.

With nearly 55 million students, teachers and school staff about to return to elementary and secondary school classrooms, scientists recently described a new hand-held sensor…

Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), is turning the term “power plant” on its head.

The drive to develop crops for use as biofuel, continues to raise questions about additional uses of forest land.

Sometimes total electrical isolation is a good thing — and that’s the idea behind a power-over-fiber (PoF) communications cable being developed by engineers at Sandia National Laboratories.