The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.

Engineers have created the first medical device that simply dissolves in the body after its job is done.

The current coronavirus outbreak is being tracked using technologies that monitor news and social media, in the hope of identifying hotspots and predicting its spread.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.

Wind turbines are getting a redesign at the University of Virginia…inspired by the way palm trees withstand storms.

Wind turbines are getting a redesign at the University of Virginia…inspired by the way palm trees withstand storms.

Nature’s plants take in carbon dioxide and use it to grow. But they can’t keep up with the amount of C-O-2 that we pump into the air by burning fossil fuels.