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Prefabricated construction is slowly gaining market share, fueled by its cost-effectiveness as well as its ability to reduce project timelines and offset the need of a skilled workforce.

The GO1 Inert Test Article (GO1-ITA) testbed was mounted under the fuselage of NASA’s C-20A research aircraft.

Unveiled at CES 2018, the air vehicle has space for a pilot, three passengers and their luggage and promises to cut travel times compared to ground-based options.

Biomedical engineers have grown the first functioning human skeletal muscle from induced pluripotent stem cells.

Imagine being able to simplify the construction of a brand-new home so much so that instead of dealing with unending time frames and an ever-increasing budget, you could have an inexpensive home in just eight hours. Thanks to help from its 3D-printing robot, PassivDom has been able to achieve such a feat.

Interchangeable equipment, tools and materials promise a faster, more efficient approach to radiodecontamination in urban environments.

He is the only person to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs and was the first to fly into space six times.

In-space 3D printing is a rapidly maturing technology that is poised to provide a number of benefits to space operations, from reduced launch costs to improved satellite designs.

Anyone who has used a gas spring, such as those found in some car or van hoods or rear lifts, knows that they typically have two positions – extended or retracted (open or closed). But what if you want to be able to stop the spring and whatever motion it is controlling at some other position?

Our Engineering360 News Brief offers a few examples where drawing inspiration from the past is broadening the horizon of the future. Topics include CES 2018, the consumer technology show that runs next week in Las Vegas, drawing inspiration from an ancient technique to improve fuel cells and new evidence to believe that life on other planets is likely.

The most futuristic technology in the Rose Parade came from Singpoli American BD, a real estate development company, whose float incorporated augmented reality (AR) to make a Chinese legend come alive.

The accomplishments posted during 2017 by researchers at Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN), or European Council for Nuclear Research, star in this video.

The craft is about the size of a Boeing 737 and is designed to conduct marine rescues and fight forest fires.

Caltech scientists have developed a method for creating comparatively large self-assembling DNA structures that can take on any desired custom pattern. To demonstrate their breakthrough, the team “painted” a replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”

Do 3D-printed or additively manufactured metal parts have the integrity for aerospace, automotive, biomedical and other mission-critical applications? Porosity, residual stress levels, microstructures and metallurgical defects unique to 3D printing should be evaluated.

Scientists shed light on how Rudolph became the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes in one day and a nightshirt-clad Ebenezer Scrooge practiced time travel.

Debris volumes are measured using drones, and the data are used to develop an information-based model to determine cleanup cost.