2017 issue
- Where would Shrek be without Donkey? Mr. Peabody without Sherman? Or Po the Kung Fu Panda without his trusty mentor, Master Shifu? At DreamWorks Animation, bringing those beloved duos to life requires collaborations of another kind. As manager
- Computer scientist envisions a world where robots have that human touchJust mention the words 鈥渄rone鈥 or 鈥渞obot鈥 and some will conjure unsettling visions of a future in which computers threaten to take over the world. Dan Szafir
- The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is a highly competitive, paid internship and mentorship program designed to honor the memory of Brooke Owens, a space industry pioneer and accomplished pilot. Owens鈥 career took her to NASA, the X-Prize Foundation
- Robert H. Davis steps down as engineering dean, returns to teachingAfter more than 14 successful years as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, Robert H. Davis returned to the chemical and biological engineering baby直播app in January
- Cracking the code on the least understood senseHow do chemical messages rising from a piece of rotting food signal a mouse to turn left to find it? How does the shape and movement of that mouse鈥檚 odor plume alert a hungry predator that it鈥檚 getting
- Tiny gadget captures every whoosh, thump and gurgle inside the bodyIt looks like a small Band-Aid, but it鈥檚 powerful enough to allow a doctor to monitor the heart rate of a patient remotely or to enable someone to control a robot with voice commands
- Susie Gomez-Burgos inspires the next generation of engineersOutside of the silver screen, heroes don鈥檛 wear capes and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Instead, they鈥檙e everyday people doing extraordinary things with little fanfare. Take
- Far above Earth, a curious colony of spacefarers is sharing close quarters on the International Space Station as part of research that could one day help lead us to Mars.These are no ordinary astronauts, they are mice, and their journey could be key
- Europa space probe wins international recognitionAs solar system destinations go, Europa is as tantalizing as it is inhospitable. The smallest of Jupiter鈥檚 four moons is encased by a miles-thick icy shell and bombarded with radiation levels fatal to
- 'Ninja Car' autonomous technology has potential for space explorationSelf-driving cars may be in their infancy, but they鈥檙e already better drivers than humans in many ways, says Chris Heckman, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer