Latest Engineering Stories
Japan’s SLIM moon lander survives a second brutal lunar night
New material neutralizes 96-percent of virus cells using nanospikes
This implant will tell a smartphone app when you need to pee
Boom Supersonic’s prototype jet sets off on first flight
Drones offer a glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear reactor 13 years after disaster
A designer 3D printed a working clone of the iconic Mac Plus
Flexible, resilient origami-inspired bridges could help navigate disaster zones
A cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per day
Researchers propose fourth traffic signal light for hypothetical self-driving car future
Huge 60-foot-tall buoy uses ocean waves to create clean energy
Oh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now
Watch the plasma fly in space capsule’s dramatic fall to Earth
Odie the lunar lander is not dead yet
The Apple Car is dead
A 3D-printed titanium ‘metamaterial’ design solved a longtime engineering issue
SLIM lives! Japan’s upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night
This DVD-sized disk can store a massive 125,000 gigabytes of data
How to apply for NASA’s next Mars habitat simulation
This edible, wriggling robot mimics experience of eating moving food
Huge underwater ‘kite’ turbine powered 1,000 homes in the Faroe Islands
A sea creature extinct for half a billion years inspired a new soft robot
Aging reactor sets new fusion energy record in last hurrah
Aluminum’s notorious, toxic red mud could one day help make ‘green steel’
It’s time to check out these incredible antique musical clocks
Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly
RIP Mars Ingenuity, the ‘little helicopter that could’
Watch a giant, inflatable space station prototype explode during its intentional ‘ultimate burst’
The first-ever space solar power tests are finished after a year in orbit
John Deere and Starlink partner to provide satellite internet for rural farmers
Boeing faces FAA audit after its 737 Max 9 plane’s door plug blew off mid-air
Watch this rocket ‘eat’ its own body for fuel
This tiny sea creature builds a ‘snot palace’ to capture food
This new synthetic material is nearly as durable as diamonds
Bacterial ‘blood’ could heal cracks in concrete
The world’s largest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor is up and running
Fiber optic cables can pick up cicadas’ droning din
Geothermal energy now helps power Google’s desert data centers
Army ants could teach robots a thing or two
Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational
Formula One race car cracks a drain cover during Las Vegas Grand Prix practice run
Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing
This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has ‘bones,’ ‘ligaments,’ and ‘tendons’
How do electric cars work? By harnessing the magic of magnetism.
Why scientists used these radio transmitters to create artificial auroras
Giant electric airships could one day deliver humanitarian aid
Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama
Rimac’s electric speed demon tore through a world record in reverse
Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its ‘city of yesterday’
Seals with funny hats are helping map the Antarctic seascape
How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost
A Danish company just scrapped its ambitious plan for a New Jersey offshore wind farm
Watch a heavy-lifting drone land a perfect delivery on an offshore wind turbine
This new haptic glove uses tiny valve ‘pixels’ to simulate pressure
How does 3D printing work?
A sneak peek at the lunar camera destined for the Artemis missions
This liquid crystal fabric is ‘smart’ enough to adapt to the weather
Chicken feather fibers could help make less toxic hydrogen fuel cells
This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful
This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface
Atlantic City’s massive offshore wind farm project highlights the industry’s growing pains
The new electrified E-Ray is the quickest Corvette ever
This off-roading, solar-powered vehicle just sped across the Sahara
China says it discovered potentially vast amounts of a rare superconducting material
Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests