Engineering (Page 12)

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Ball of copper wire on green background

Can this MIT metallurgist clean up copper production?

By Andrew Zaleski

A photo of steelmaking.

Steelmaking is a major source of emissions. These companies are racing to fix it.

By Marcello Rossi / Undark

At 15,118 feet across, this new suspension bridge is the longest in the world

At 15,118 feet across, this new suspension bridge is the longest in the world

stretchy LED screen by stanford engineers

Stanford engineers made a tiny LED display that stretches like a rubber band

By Charlotte Hu

Proteus underwater lab design mockup

Jacques Cousteau’s grandson is building a network of ocean floor research stations

By Charlotte Hu

Pile of model white molar teeth

This new synthetic tooth enamel is even harder than the real thing

By Lauren J. Young

The feats of engineering that dazzled us in 2021

The feats of engineering that dazzled us in 2021

By Andrew Rosenblum

The truth about carbon capture technology

By Charlotte Hu

banana operation

Can this fruit be saved?

Tesla's mockup for its future robots.

Tesla wants to make humanoid robots. Here’s their competition.

By Charlotte Hu

Polaris lunar rover replica at the US Space and Rocket Center

Polaris built a lunar rover replica that can drive 60 miles per hour here on Earth

By Stan Horaczek

Inside the surprisingly complex engineering process that creates an Olympic torch

By Erin Fennessy

White house standing alone among destroyed houses on a beach.

Hurricanes destroy beachside homes, but not this one

By Eleanor Cummins

baby birds in a nest

Many animals climate-control their homes. Global warming could mess with that.

By Philip Kiefer

Result of wooden project

REsilient Charging Hub

3d printed heart

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit

By Daniel Grushkin

Patrick Mahomes wearing the new Oakley Kato sunglasses

Oakley’s new frameless sunglasses are strong enough for Olympic athletes

By Stan Horaczek

The METL bike tire on a bike with the sky in the background

These airless bike tires rely on a metal alloy designed for NASA rovers

By Stan Horaczek

Hurricane Gilbert hospital ruins Jamiaca

This is how hospitals are preparing for hurricane season

By Eleanor Cummins

Masha Krasnova-Shavaeva illustration

How NASA kept its Mars rovers alive long past their expiration dates

By Charlie Wood

gingerbread house

How to build a gingerbread house that won’t fall apart

By Sara Chodosh

Bjarke Ingels Group CopenHill

The wildest engineering innovations of 2020

By Sara Chodosh and Andrew Rosenblum

The finished cardboard robotic hand on someone's hand

Turn a boring box into a sweet working robotic hand

By Jonathan Adolph

In this microscopic image, Sphingomonas desiccabilis is growing on basalt.

These rock-eating microbes could help us settle the Moon and Mars

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Callaway Mavrik golf clubs.

Callaway turned to AI and a supercomputer to fix your bad golf game

By Stan Horaczek

bowling ball interior

The insides of pro bowling balls will make your head spin

By Stan Horaczek

An empty Fenway Stadium

Leagues scramble to replace the roar of the crowd as pro sports return

By Purbita Saha

Motorcycle makers have put a lot of work into killing bad vibrations

By Kevin Cameron/Cycle World

Michigan’s dam failures are just a small part of America’s aging infrastructure problem

Wes L. Cockx illustration

Copper is the ultimate tool for innovation

air-based heat pump

How heat pumps can help fight global warming

It’s not just you: Restaurants have gotten too loud. But there are some fixes.

By Chris Berdik

Impossible plant based burger packaging

The most important engineering innovations of 2019

By Andrew Rosenblum and Sara Chodosh

McLaren’s new sports car doesn’t need a roof, or even a windshield

An inside look at the 2020 Corvette Stingray’s innovative chassis design

An inside look at the 2020 Corvette Stingray’s innovative chassis design

Lamborghini built a supercapacitor into its Sián hybrid for a faster, smoother ride

Lamborghini built a supercapacitor into its Sián hybrid for a faster, smoother ride

The Bugatti Chiron supercar broke the 300 mph barrier and set a new speed record

The Bugatti Chiron supercar broke the 300 mph barrier and set a new speed record

Bugatti 3D printed titanium brakes to stop its $3 million Chiron supercar

Bugatti 3D printed titanium brakes to stop its $3 million Chiron supercar

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar

By Stan Horaczek

Designer plants could help you do your laundry

Designer plants could help you do your laundry

By Ellen Airhart

melted plasticware

Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteria

By Sarah Scoles

TaylorMade’s new drivers start out too fast for the rules of golf

TaylorMade’s new drivers start out too fast for the rules of golf

By Stan Horaczek

6,000 tires, 700 horsepower, and 230 miles per hour: The Indy 500 by the numbers

6,000 tires, 700 horsepower, and 230 miles per hour: The Indy 500 by the numbers

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers

By Jordan Golson

The history—and future—of hitting the road

The history—and future—of hitting the road

Our bridges are failing. Here’s how we could fix them.

By Eleanor Cummins

F1 steering wheel

The steering wheel in an F1 race car requires fighter jet components and lots of practice

Hafthor Bjornsson elephant bar

Building a barbell for 1,000 pound deadlifts takes careful engineering and lots of testing

By Stan Horaczek

tomatoes and red peppers on a white table

Scientists could engineer a spicy tomato. Is it worth it?

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?

By Eleanor Cummins

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof

By Eleanor Cummins

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives

By Eleanor Cummins

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour

By Jordan Golson

Underground living engineering escalator Earth

Humans could survive underground, but it would take a lot more than shovels

By Eleanor Cummins

Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car

Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car

By Jordan Golson

Bugatti made its Divo supercar faster by slowing it down

By Jordan Golson

Hurricane Gilbert hospital ruins Jamiaca

How hospitals prepare for increasingly dangerous hurricane seasons

By Eleanor Cummins

The exhilarating history of roller coaster photography

The exhilarating history of roller coaster photography

By Jeanette D. Moses

Lab-grown pig lungs are great news for the future of organ transplantation

Lab-grown pig lungs are great news for the future of organ transplantation

By Neel V. Patel

The stiletto heel is the embodiment of post-war material science

The stiletto heel is the embodiment of post-war material science

By Eleanor Cummins

Laminated material environmentally responsive textile design

This textile’s twitching tendrils hint at a future of programmable materials

By Eleanor Cummins

circulating termite hill microbiome

Termites are nature’s most amazing skyscraper engineers

By Mary Beth Griggs