Engineering Innovation

Engineering Innovation

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Engineering Innovation episodes

  • Plastic Waste Crisis
    China recently imposed a ban on plastic waste being sent there for recycling. It’s unclear where that plastic is going to go, but engineers are assessing impacts and remedies.
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  • Bleeding Model
    Biomedical engineers have, for the first time, created a working blood vessel system for testing how to treat injury or disease in the lab.
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  • Bleeding Model
    Biomedical engineers have, for the first time, created a working blood vessel system for testing how to treat injury or disease in the lab.
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  • Permafrost Peril
    A new study says it’s not just melting ocean ice we need to worry about as our planet warms, but also massive amounts of Earth’s permafrost.
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  • Permafrost Peril
    A new study says it’s not just melting ocean ice we need to worry about as our planet warms, but also massive amounts of Earth’s permafrost.
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  • New Light on Baseball Injury
    Elbow ligament damage is a common injury among baseball pitchers, including the Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg. A new imaging technique is shedding light on why it happens and maybe even how to prevent it.
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  • Origami Muscle
    Robots could interact more closely humans, and have a gentler touch, if all their parts could be soft. So researchers are working to give them muscles.
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  • Replacing Batteries
    A new technique might soon allow you to stream High Definition video from a camera so small it could be attached to your glasses.
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  • Saving Coral Reefs
    Could coral reefs be saved by a pipeline? That’s the dream of an engineer with an innovative idea to address the effects of climate change.
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