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Engineering(Page 5)

A guide to the structures, machines, and systems that power and connect our world.

Latest in Engineering

super glue invention mistake
Technology

How a shot at making better gunsights became Super Glue instead

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Arco del Tiempo (Arch of Time) mockup
Technology

This art installation will tell time and produce solar energy

By Sara Kiley Watson

Study author shows off the compressed mycelium sheets she created for the project
Technology

This fungi-based substance might protect homes from ever-worsening wildfires

By Sara Kiley Watson

the view from on a container ship
Technology

The first container ship fueled by food scraps is ready to set sail

By Charlotte Hu

person holding latest fairphone
Environment

The most sustainable phone on the market is the one in your pocket

By Carla Delgado

Fervo Energy Project Red geothermal mining site in Nevada
Technology

An American start-up claims it just set a geothermal energy record

By Andrew Paul

Two hands against a white background, each holding an iPhone 14. The one on the left has its silver back to the camera, while the one on the right has its screen toward the camera.
Technology

Memory vs. storage: What to know when buying a new smartphone

By Harry Guinness

Two people sitting in mycocrete dome structure
Technology

Fungi spores and knitting combine to make a durable and sustainable building material

By Andrew Paul

a military model of an embassy and a hummer
Technology

Why US intelligence wants a new way to make virtual, 3D models

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a rendering of an electric jet in flight
Technology

These tiny electric fans are powerful enough to propel drones and jets

By Rob Verger

a model of a Kia EV9
Technology

A look at the weird intersection of taxidermy and car design

By Kristin Shaw

VIPER moon rover coming down a ramp during a test at the NASA Ames Research Center
Science

NASA’s quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon’s south pole

By Jon Kelvey

a marine fires a stinger missile
Technology

Raytheon asks retirees for help making new Stinger anti-air missiles

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Eco-runner 13 model
Technology

This tiny hydrogen-fueled car just broke a world record for going the distance

By Sara Kiley Watson

the bottom of AWS' chandelier for quantum networks
Technology

Peek inside the lab working on quantum memories

By Charlotte Hu

A close-up of a Raspberry Pi computer circuit board.
Technology

How bits, bytes, ones, and zeros help a computer think

By Charlotte Hu

Joby air taxi
Technology

Joby’s latest electric air taxi will head to an Air Force base for tests in 2024

By Rob Verger

This company put a huge cell-tower-like satellite in space
Technology

This company put a huge cell-tower-like satellite in space

By Harry Guinness

Microsoft's quantum computing infrastructure
Technology

Microsoft sets its sights on a quantum supercomputer

By Charlotte Hu

Monarch butterfly during migration perched on leaf with wings spread out
Environment

Monarch butterflies’ signature color patterns could inspire better drone design

By Zayna Syed

Why scientists want to banish barnacles from ship hulls
Technology

Why scientists want to banish barnacles from ship hulls

By Chris Baraniuk / Hakai Magazine

How GM is moving its autos into an accessible and inclusive future
Technology

How GM is moving its autos into an accessible and inclusive future

By Kristin Shaw

OceanGate Titan submersible side view in water
Technology

Why finding the missing Titanic-bound tourist submersible is so challenging

By Andrew Paul

Tesla coil experiment to demonstrate how electricity works.
Technology

How does electricity work? Let’s demystify the life-changing physics.

By Rahul Rao

cryostat infrastructure of a quantum computer
Technology

Quantum computers are starting to become more useful

By Charlotte Hu

Zeabuz ferry
Technology

The world’s first self-driving ferry is now in service

By Harry Guinness

inside of large airplane engine
Technology

The metallic guts of GE’s massive jet engines, in photos

By Christopher Payne, Rob Verger

humvees in Kuwait in 2005
Technology

The Pentagon wants to retrofit vehicles to drive themselves

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Agent Smith clones from The Matrix to show the concept of singularity in AI and AGI
Science

What happens if AI grows smarter than humans? The answer worries scientists.

By Rahul Rao

Spotted lanternfly adult on leaf
Technology

This lanternfly-egg-hunting robot could mean fewer bugs to squish

By Charlotte Hu

a tunnel in a sewer system
Technology

Taiwan sent mosquito-fighting robots into its sewers

By Charlotte Hu

a drone flies over the water
Technology

Watch a ‘flying fish’ drone hover in the air and then swim underwater

By Harry Guinness

Person underwater looking up at outer space to represent Blue Abyss training tank. Illustrated.
Technology

Inside Blue Abyss’ plan to build super-deep pools for astronauts and military bots

By Sarah Scoles

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo
Technology

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo

By Rob Verger

Air 4 All prototype wheelchair seat in airplane cabin
Technology

Prototype airline seat would make the skies friendlier to passengers in wheelchairs

By Andrew Paul

Apple Vision Pro being worn by someone typing
Technology

Apple released a ‘spatial computer.’ Here’s what that means.

By Harry Guinness

Loxley Browne (right) CEO and founder of Club Athena in California with Akshaya Koramutla, the Student Advisory Board President.
Technology

This STEM club for girls turned a real BMW into a sweet racing simulator

By Kristin Shaw

Ephemeral exhibit at London Design Biennale
Environment

Bendy, eco-friendly wooden walls were inspired by guitar curves

By Andrew Paul

Notre Dame de Paris cathedral on sunny day
Technology

Workers rely on medieval era tech to reconstruct the Notre Dame

By Andrew Paul

Blue sine waves on a black background. Sine waves, like these, are a way to envision how sound works.
Science

How do sound waves work?

By Brian S. Hawkins

the burj khalifa, the tallest building in the world in dubai
Technology

The tallest building in the world remains unchallenged—for now

By Rob Verger

Large termite mound in the African Savannah
Technology

Termite mounds may one day inspire ‘living, breathing’ architecture

By Andrew Paul

Ioniq 6 EV
Technology

Electric cars are better for the environment, no matter the power source

By Charlotte Hu

Concept art of water molecules passing through Air-gen material
Technology

A new material creates clean electricity from the air around it

By Andrew Paul

The Air Force used microwave energy to take down a drone swarm
Technology

The Air Force used microwave energy to take down a drone swarm

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These massive, wing-like ‘sails’ could add wind power to cargo ships
Technology

These massive, wing-like ‘sails’ could add wind power to cargo ships

By Sara Kiley Watson

Wing's drone flying in the stadium
Technology

Watch a Google drone deliver beer and snacks to Denver’s Coors Field

By Harry Guinness

SuperBIT high-altitude balloon with space telescope in the skies after its launch
Science

A super pressure balloon built by students is cruising Earth’s skies to find dark matter

By Jon Kelvey

The 2024 Toyota Tacoma
Technology

The new Tacoma’s shock-absorbing seats help you keep your eyes on the prize

By Kristin Shaw

eggs in a nest
Technology

Spy tech and rigged eggs help scientists study the secret lives of animals

By Charlotte Hu

A digital rendering of the Green Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan
Technology

‘Extended reality’ will help preserve some of Afghanistan’s most endangered historical sites

By Andrew Paul

Close-up of children's diapers stacked in a piles
Technology

Dirty diapers could be recycled into cheap, sturdy concrete

By Andrew Paul

Sun setting behind an high voltage power line transformer
Technology

This summer could push US energy grids to their limits

By Andrew Paul

Wendy's chain restaurant at night.
Technology

Wendy’s wants underground robots to deliver food to your car

By Harry Guinness

Navy SEALs will finally stay dry in a cozy new submarine
Technology

Navy SEALs will finally stay dry in a cozy new submarine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

McLaren's F1 race car
Technology

An inside look at the data powering McLaren’s F1 team

By Charlotte Hu

A Labrador retriever smelling for explosives with a member of a bomb squad at the trial of the 2015 Boston Marathon bomber
Technology

No machine can beat a dog’s bomb-detecting sniffer

By Josh Dean

Illustration of a submarine communications cable.
Technology

Why the EU wants to build an underwater cable in the Black Sea

By Charlotte Hu

How an innovative battery system in the Bronx will help charge up NYC’s grid
Technology

How an innovative battery system in the Bronx will help charge up NYC’s grid

By Rob Verger

What happened to Google Glass?
Technology

All the products that Google has sent to the graveyard

By Harry Guinness

This soft robotic skull implant could change epilepsy treatment
Technology

This soft robotic skull implant could change epilepsy treatment

By Sara Kiley Watson

A new mask adds ‘realistic’ smells to VR
Technology

A new mask adds ‘realistic’ smells to VR

By Sara Kiley Watson

centipede robot
Technology

To build a better crawly robot, add legs—lots of legs

By Charlotte Hu

A rendering of Proteus.
Technology

An ambitious underwater ‘space station’ just got a major research collaborator

By Charlotte Hu