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Drones hover over C- infrastructure

Drones hover over C- infrastructure

Aging infrastructure is a worldwide challenge, and the United States is no exception. The 2021 report card from the American Society for…
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Crowds make sense of the world

Crowds make sense of the world

Now more than ever — though perhaps every generation says that — we need tools to help us make sense of this world. Sensemaking is one of…
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Space needs a hall monitor

Space needs a hall monitor

Every unruly environment needs someone to keep tabs on all the comings and goings, like the hall monitors who are ubiquitous in schools…
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Origami in space: Shape changing is a game changer

Origami in space: Shape changing is a game changer

Used to be, getting to another planet was a wild dream. Now we’re talking about living on one.
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Suggested reads: ME faculty favor curiosity, creativity, clarity

Suggested reads: ME faculty favor curiosity, creativity, clarity

Mechanical engineering (ME) has a storied history, from the first use of tools in prehistoric times through the invention of the wheel in…
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Harvesting water from the air above

Harvesting water from the air above

The lack of access to fresh water is epidemic in the modern world. Currently, 3.6 billion people lack adequate access to water for at least…
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Inside-outside temp differences power smart building IoT

Inside-outside temp differences power smart building IoT

Understanding materials and how they transport themselves from one state to another at the nano- and micro-scale can help researchers…
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Global crises test humanitarian supply chains

Global crises test humanitarian supply chains

Supply chain burst upon the scene as a suddenly familiar topic to the general public with the global COVID-19 pandemic, as illness and…
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Digital twins: An on-ramp to autonomous driving

Digital twins: An on-ramp to autonomous driving

Autonomous driving seems far away, but our vehicles already are equipped with some of its enabling technologies. Systems like adaptive…
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Truck-portable nuclear reactors go where the power is needed

Truck-portable nuclear reactors go where the power is needed

Nuclear energy is critical for a sustainable future because it is not only a reliable energy source but also one of the lowest CO2…
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Tech stories that will dominate 2023

Tech stories that will dominate 2023

It is, of course, notoriously hard to make predictions in the field of technology, and many wise men have been made to look silly through…
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Digital twins: Smart manufacturing’s DNA for a bright future

Digital twins: Smart manufacturing’s DNA for a bright future

Our current political divisiveness is grounded in the separation of haves and have-nots. It stinks to be on the have-not side, and it can…
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