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  • Global Land Degradation Said to Cost Trillions Annually

    Forfeited ecosystem services worldwide due to land degradation said to be 10-17% of global GDP.

  • Big Data, Analytics and Healthcare: IBM Opens a New Frontier

    The Watson platform will now have access to more than half a billion medical images with the intention of developing new image analytics capabilities.

  • Device Aims to Improve Urine-to-Water Process on Space Station

    Membranes let through water molecules, but an electrostatic charge makes sure that any unwanted ions—including salt—stay behind.

  • Cooling Towers and the Fight Against Harmful Microbes

    A recent deadly outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease focuses attention on cooling towers and their cleanliness.

  • Success Reports with Non-Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation

    Five men with complete motor paralysis were able to voluntarily generate step-like movements thanks to a new strategy that non-invasively delivers electrical stimulation to their spinal cords.

  • Barley Gene Could Help Cut Greenhouse Gases from Rice Production

    Researchers find that rice can be cultivated to emit virtually no methane from its paddies during growth.

  • Engineering Innovation at a Cancer Treatment Center

    When it opens in 2016, the 14-story building in London will include stacked “villages”and innovative approaches to construction at a congested urban site.

  • Supplements Help Yeast Survive, Produce More Ethanol

    Research finds supplements help yeast survive, boosting biofuel production.

  • 3D Printed Soft, Hopping Robot

    Using a 3-D printer, Harvard researchers create an autonomous soft machine.

  • Exoskeleton Technology Takes a Step Forward

    A convergence of medical, military and industrial research and development investment is driving the field forward like never before.

  • Electrodes Used to Record Brain Waves and Convert Them to Text

    Researchers decode speech from brain activity, possibly leading to communications with machines via brain activity alone.

  • Device Could Diagnose Heart Attacks Inexpensively

    Scientists have developed a new way to diagnose heart attacks—with a simple, thermometer-like device, doctors could diagnose heart attacks using less materials and with a lower cost.

  • IEEE Releases “Building Code for Medical Device Software Security”

    IEEE has released a set of guidelines that establish a baseline to enable secure software development and production practices of medical devices.

  • Researchers Boost Walking Efficiency with Unpowered Exoskeleton

    An unpowered exoskeleton increases walking efficiency for humans, according to an article published in Nature.

  • Maple Syrup Extract Could Help Combat Superbugs, Canadian Researchers Say

    A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to chemical engineering researchers at McGill University in Canada.

  • Liquid Metal Property Could Lead to Shape-Shift Robots

    A team of scientists at Tsinghua University in China has found a liquid metal alloy with self-propulsion and shape-shifting abilities.

  • 3D Designs for Neural Tissue Engineering

    A researcher writing in the journal Neural Regeneration poses a potential solution to one of the greatest challenges in medicine: fighting neurological diseases.

  • Global Water Use May Outstrip Supply by Mid-century, Spur Innovation

    Population growth could cause global demand for water to outpace supply by mid-century if current levels of consumption continue. But it would not be the first time this has happened, a Duke University study finds.

  • University of Illinois to Create Engineering-Medical School, Said to Be a First

    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is establishing what it says is among the first colleges of medicine in the U.S. focused on the intersection of medicine and engineering.

  • Waging War on the Super Bugs: “It’s a Huge Collective Effort”

    Since the debut of penicillin 70 years ago, antibiotics have justifiably established their reputation as a true miracle drug, curing hundreds of millions worldwide from bacterial infections that once amounted to a death sentence.

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