A remake of the hit ‘80s TV show “MacGyver” is in the works. It’s raising hopes of an image make-over for engineers and students’ interest in the profession.

A remake of the hit ‘80s TV show “MacGyver” is in the works. It’s raising hopes of an image make-over for engineers and students’ interest in the profession.

You’ve probably experienced missing portions of a conversation because you “zoned out.” New research shows how part of your brain can fall asleep, even when you’re awake.

Fingerprint sensors on smartphones are convenient, but they don’t always work and, worse, can be fooled.

It sounds like the premise of a Halloween story…a lab growing thousands of mini brains. But the new technique actually holds the promise of curing diseases.

Engineers are creating tiny nanoparticles that they hope will have a big effect on acne.

Most animal tails are round, but a seahorse’s tail is square. Engineers want to know why…partly because it might be good for making things like robots.

A book called “The Martian” has gone from self-published on the web, to bestseller, to a major motion picture opening this weekend. Its author is being praised for the story’s technical accuracy.

As bacteria become resistant to our arsenal of antibiotics, new approaches to fighting dangerous infections are being sought…including using viruses.

At a summit on Global Grand Challenges for Engineering in Beijing, China last week, one speaker suggested some interesting ideas for urban infrastructure of the future.