Engineering

Shift in focus comes in response to a changing world order and the threat of terrorism

How Dartmouth became one of the first national research universities to a graduate a majority-female class of engineers 

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 16, 1916

Researchers put a tiny ice rink on a tipping platform to measure how much grip winter boots really have.

Artificial-intelligence algorithms can learn a lot from playing immersive 3D video games

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 9, 1916

Some hints on keeping holiday gifts real in a “post-truth” world

Understanding the physics of how a liquid splashes when it hits a surface is allowing researchers to design new surfaces that limit splashing

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 2, 1916

A dog’s sniff pulls a plume of fresh scents toward them, which fluid dynamicists say is a technique that could make for better bomb detectors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Machine-learning software analyzes satellite images to find remote areas that need help

10 big advances with the potential to solve problems and improve life for all of us