Made by College Seniors, These Seven Products Give Us a Glimpse Into the Future
Engineering students at universities across the country took these projects from sketch to reality in one year
How Food Truck Parks Are Making America More Like Southeast Asia
Pushing for nutritious options, as public officials in Singapore are doing, could boost the health of cities and their residents
Veggie Power? Artificial Muscles Made From Blinged-Out Onions
Turning root vegetables into working muscles requires gold, electricity and imagination
What If City Streetlights Brightened and Signs Spoke As You Passed?
A British designer has found a way to make urban areas work for all types of pedestrians
This Stroke of Genius Could Allow You to Write With Your Brain
Not Impossible Labs has developed a breakthrough approach to communication
We’re Not That Far From Being Able to Grow Human Bones in a Lab
The company EpiBone could be on the verge of a major breakthrough
Soon, Your Doctor Could Print a Human Organ on Demand
At a laboratory in North Carolina, scientists are working furiously to create a future in which replacement organs come from a machine
Why Brain-to-Brain Communication Is No Longer Unthinkable
Exploring uncharted territory, neuroscientists are making strides with human subjects who can “talk” directly by using their minds
The Quest to Upload Your Mind Into the Digital Space
The idea is about as science fiction as it gets. But surprising progress in neuroscience has some entrepreneurs ready to press “send”
Genes Make Some People More Attractive to Mosquitoes
Certain body odors appear to entice the pesky bloodsuckers—and those smells may be hereditary
This New Treadmill Automatically Adjusts to Your Speed
A prototype developed at Ohio State makes indoor workouts more like outdoor runs by using sonar to detect where you are on the belt and keep pace
Brain Implants May Be Able to Shock Damaged Memories Back Into Shape
With funding from the Defense Department, scientists have begun work on devices that would use electric pulses to realign a memory process gone awry
MIT Researchers Think They Can Spot Early Signs of Parkinson’s in the Way People Type
By monitoring how long we hold down keystrokes, it may be possible to detect neurological diseases years before other symptoms appear
Pulling Your Hair Out? It Might Just Help Reverse Baldness
Plucking hair could be a counterintuitive way to fight balding, according to a study of quorum sensing in rat follicles
Building a Bionic Pancreas
A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
Medical Holograms Are Now Part of the Surgeon’s Toolkit
Technology hitting the market will help doctors examine heart conditions or check for colon cancer without breaking the skin
Smog-Eating Buildings Battle Air Pollution
Sunlight triggers chemical reactions in the façades of buildings in Mexico City and Milan to improve air quality
Cats Get Breast Cancer Too, and There’s a Lot We Can Learn From It
Understanding aggressive tumors in pets may lead to better treatments for the nastiest forms of the disease in people
Modern Marijuana Is Often Laced With Heavy Metals and Fungus
Medical and recreational marijuana use is increasingly legal—but do consumers know what they’re smoking?
The Trickiest Part of a Penis Transplant? Finding a Donor
The doctors who announced the first successful procedure last week had a particularly difficult time finding willing organ donors
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