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  • Do You Know Your Ecological Footprint? Penn State Students Will Soon Learn Their “PawPrint”

    Do You Know Your Ecological Footprint? Penn State Students Will Soon Learn Their “PawPrint”

    What is your ecological footprint? First-year students at University Park, Penn State University’s largest campus, will be measuring their ecological footprint with the help of the PawPrint, a student-centered metric created by Andrew Lau, associate professor of engineering design at Penn State.   Lau brought the PawPrint project to Penn State’s Sustainability Institute’s Reinvention Fund,… Read More

  • University of Texas Researchers Develop More Powerful and Long-lasting Battery

    University of Texas Researchers Develop More Powerful and Long-lasting Battery

    Researchers at the University of Texas have developed the first all-solid-state battery cells, capable of storing five times as much power as the current lithium-ion battery. Leading this research is John Goodenough, co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery and professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas, Austin. Goodenough partnered with Maria… Read More

  • Penn State’s New Technology Could Satisfy Over 40% Global Energy Demands

    Penn State’s New Technology Could Satisfy Over 40% Global Energy Demands

    A team of researchers at Penn State University have created a new technology to generate energy where seawater and freshwater meet, which could satisfy over 40 percent of global energy demands. The research was led by Christopher Gorski, assistant professor in environmental engineering at Penn State. TUN spoke with Gorski to gain further insight on the research.… Read More

  • No More Sweat During Exercise: MIT Researchers Develop Self-Ventilating Workout Suit

    No More Sweat During Exercise: MIT Researchers Develop Self-Ventilating Workout Suit

    A team of researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed an unconventional way to keep you cool on long sweaty runs, bike rides, or trips to the gym. The researchers constructed a latex workout suit with ventilating flaps, triggered by an athlete’s sweat and body temperature. The flaps are coated with microbial cells, which… Read More

  • MIT Researchers Thwart Online Identity Theft by Piggybacking onto Bitcoin

    MIT Researchers Thwart Online Identity Theft by Piggybacking onto Bitcoin

    MIT researchers have designed a solution to prevent online identity theft, using bitcoin blockchain technology. The system is called Catena, and the researchers are Alin Tomescu, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the paper, and his thesis advisor Srini Devadas, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering… Read More

  • Shades of Harry Potter: University of Surrey Professor Wins Award to Develop Paper That Can Interact with Readers

    Shades of Harry Potter: University of Surrey Professor Wins Award to Develop Paper That Can Interact with Readers

    Anyone who’s watched a Harry Potter movie can immediately recall scenes where portraits hung on the walls of Hogwarts started talking and moving around. Yes, that’s just a movie, but it will happen in real life if Professor David Frohlich has anything to do with it. Frohlich is the director of Digital World Research Center… Read More

  • Temple University Researchers Remove HIV From Infected Cells Through Gene Editing Technology

    Temple University Researchers Remove HIV From Infected Cells Through Gene Editing Technology

    A team of scientists from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University has developed a method to extract HIV DNA from the cells of living animals. With the team’s revolutionary and successful testing, the permanent cure for HIV may finally be within reach. The team used CRISPR/Cas-9, a gene editing technology, to eliminate… Read More

  • New App Sympl. Makes It Simple for Students to Connect and Study

    New App Sympl. Makes It Simple for Students to Connect and Study

    Sympl., a new phone app, could revolutionize the way college students study. The app was designed by ex-Michigan State University football players Matthew Eleweke and Mark Meyers to connect classmates through a straightforward study platform. TUN spoke with Eleweke, co-founder and CEO, to get all the details behind Sympl. How Sympl. Works Sympl. provides students… Read More

  • MIT Researchers Invent New Method to Purify Wastewater

    MIT Researchers Invent New Method to Purify Wastewater

    Imagine there’s an inexpensive way to purify wastewater that does not involve the use of chemicals? Well, researchers at MIT have now developed a new process to remove pollutants from water, which could have far-reaching impact by making wastewater treatment more affordable and, therefore, more accessible worldwide. The waste of wastewater   The theme for… Read More

  • University of Minnesota Invents 3D Printing Technology for ‘Bionic Skin’

    University of Minnesota Invents 3D Printing Technology for ‘Bionic Skin’

    A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota engineered 3D printing technology that could lead to the printing of electronics directly on human skin, as well as give robots the sense of touch. TUN spoke with Dr. Michael McAlpine, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota and lead researcher of… Read More

  • Virginia Tech Joins Forces with Lowe’s to Create Exosuit

    Virginia Tech Joins Forces with Lowe’s to Create Exosuit

    A team at Virginia Tech and members of Lowe’s Innovation Labs joined forces to create an exosuit to help Lowe’s employees lift and carry large and heavy objects throughout the day. The suit is an exoskeleton made with a flexible carbon-fiber back with lift-assist technology that can twist and bend with natural human motion. Alan… Read More

  • UCLA Campus Research Commercialization Boon to City Economy

    UCLA Campus Research Commercialization Boon to City Economy

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), one of the best known universities in the country, has long been noted for record-setting athletics and renowned academic programs. In recent times, though, the university has earned gained even more impressive credentials due to its campus research. The research conducted on UCLA’s campus is nothing new; it has… Read More

  • New Device From MIT and UC Berkeley Pulls Water From Dry Air

    New Device From MIT and UC Berkeley Pulls Water From Dry Air

    Just a week ago, I wrote about the dire need for safe water around the world and the role of universities in this fight. I’m happy to report that two universities have come up with yet another invention that will help alleviate the water crisis. The device, which extracts water from dry air, is the brainchild of… Read More

  • CUNY School of Journalism to Head Global News Integrity Initiative

    CUNY School of Journalism to Head Global News Integrity Initiative

    Recent surveys show an erosion of public trust in the media; a significant portion of the American population does not trust the media. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 52 percent of voters trusted the media more to “tell [them] the truth about important issues,” compared to 37 percent who trusted President Donald Trump more… Read More

  • Introducing Howard West — A Positive Step Toward Tech Diversity

    Introducing Howard West — A Positive Step Toward Tech Diversity

    Howard University celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary on March 2, 2017. That’s right! It has been 150 years since its charter by U.S. Congress. Howard University is a private, research university located in Washington, DC. Notable graduates of the university include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson,… Read More

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