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New AZLoop Team Makes It to Top Eight In Its First SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
AZLoop, Arizona’s SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Team, has made it to the top eight in the first competition it entered—SpaceX’s second Hyperloop Pod Competition. The team, which is made up of students from Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Thunderbird School of Global Management, has demonstrated an impressive and inspiring performance.… Read More
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Northeastern University Researchers Use Laser to Remove Contaminant From Soil
A team of researchers at Northeastern University has developed a method to remove a carcinogenic contaminant from soil with the use of lasers, without the costly need of removing the contaminated soil. The research team studied their technique by removing Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) from soil. DDE is a breakdown byproduct of a popular pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)… Read More
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Going Green All the Way at Missouri State University
In 2016, Missouri State University (MSU) introduced a handful of convenient and environmentally-friendly vertical food growing systems called ZipGrow Towers to its dining services. Since then, the university has expanded the program and created a “grow room” to house the 48 systems currently in place. This revolutionary growing and harvesting practice enables MSU’s dining services… Read More
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Eastern Michigan University Raises International Students Welcome Banners
Universities in the U.S. have long been a preferred destination for many of the world’s brightest students. Unfortunately, with increasingly vocal calls against immigration and the Trump administration’s attempted ban in January this year, some international students are questioning if they should risk attending universities in this country. Eastern Michigan University (EMU), like many other… Read More
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Stony Brook University Goes All-Out with Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Diversity in higher education is crucial for the development of young adults. It enables young adults to enter the global workforce with a pre-instilled understanding of people and all of their differences. The ability to work with, conversate, respect and relate to people of every cultural, sexual, or ethnic background is essential to the growth… Read More
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Stanford University Researchers Create Cryptographic Technique to Protect Patient Privacy During Genome Analysis
Researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California have recently engineered a breakthrough in their work with genome analysis. They have developed a cryptographic technique that will allow medical professionals to look through human genomes and find disease-related mutations without revealing additional details about the patient’s genomic sequences. The study is published in Science. The… Read More
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University of Sydney and Nanyang Technological University Researchers Develop Zinc-Air Batteries That Make Recharging Easier
A team of chemical engineering researchers from the University of Sydney and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed rechargeable zinc-air batteries that could replace lithium-ion batteries as the power source for electronic devices. Zinc-air batteries, as the name suggests, use zinc metal and oxygen as the source of their power. Zinc-air batteries have many… Read More
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University of Central Florida Researchers Generate ‘Fastest Light Pulse’ Ever Created
A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has succeeded in generating a 53-attosecond X-ray flash, which is billed as “the fastest light pulse ever developed.” The team beat the record it set in 2012, during which it demonstrated a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse. The recent study is published in Nature… Read More
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The Top 100 Universities in the U.S. Based on Post-Graduation Liquidity
How much money will I have in my wallet 10 years from now? That is a question prospective college students should keep in mind when choosing a school. Unfortunately, while students have many ways to compare prospective higher education choices, few tools focus on the numbers that matter most, as in, how different a college… Read More
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University of Michigan Researchers Develop Heat-Conducting Plastic That Could Have Major Technological Impact
A team of researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have developed a technique to alter the molecular structures of plastics, or polymers, to make them more conducive to heat. Unlike traditional methods, this new technique of helping plastic throw off heat is inexpensive and scalable. This innovation holds great promise for engineering fields in… Read More
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Functional Fabric Hackathon Inspires MIT and Drexel University Students’ Winning Ideas to Help Soldiers and Disaster Victims
Students from MIT and areas around Boston competed in a three-day hackathon to design functional fabric technology to aid soldiers, first responders, and victims of disaster. The hackathon was sponsored by the MIT Innovation Initiative, the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America Institute, and MD5, a partnership between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and a… Read More
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NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Develop New ‘Logic-Locked’ Unhackable Computer Chip Technology
Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Design for Excellence (Dfx) lab have developed a new unhackable computer chip technology with security features implemented at the hardware level. Chips that are “logic-locked” are not vulnerable to hacking, and cannot be copied. Cyber security attacks have become rampant over the past 20 years. In the… Read More
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University of British Columbia Researchers Develop Revolutionary Water Quality Sensor
A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada has developed a miniscule device that can monitor water quality instantaneously. The device is wireless, so it can be installed at any point in a water distribution system and transmit information about the water quality back to a central server. It can… Read More
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University of Michigan Campus Farm Now Grows Food Year-Round
Students at the University of Michigan are reaping the benefits of their student-run campus farm. Michigan students have long been interested in growing vegetables on their campus. A student organization known as Cultivating Community, which was formed in 2004, broke ground on a garden at their campus’ Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning in… Read More
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University of Central Florida Researchers Develop Technology That Helps People with Prosthetics Play Video Games
Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) School of Visual Arts and Design have partnered with Limbitless Solutions (Limbitless), a nonprofit company staffed mostly by former and current UCF students, to develop a new technology that enables users with prosthetics to operate a game controller that allows muscle movements to send signals to sensors.… Read More
