Interesting Engineering

Japan’s new hair-thin actuator fiber can help make soft robots, body-conforming wearables

Developed in Japan, the ultrafine "soft yarn" actuator fibers are capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex three-dimensional movements when electricity is applied.

Fluid simulation at unprecedented scale provides toolkit for fundamental physics and applied fluid engineering

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

Applied Materials, Inc.: Applied Materials and SK hynix Announce Long-Term R&D Partnership to Accelerate AI Memory Innovation at EPIC Center in Silicon Valley

Joint R&D programs focused on advancing materials engineering and advanced packaging innovations for next-generation DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)Opening this year, Applied's EPIC Center is des ...

How our engineering education needs to cater to India’s needs in space, defence and drones

Explore how India’s engineering education must evolve to meet the demands of the space, defence, and drone sectors.
Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

Renewable-Powered Technology Converts Carbon Dioxide into Key Chemical

A catalyst design developed in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent increases efficiency, turning captured CO₂ into high-purity ethylene for plastics and packaging.