A printed flexible sheet of piezoelectric smart material (Photo by H. Cui of the Zheng Lab) The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be ...

Modern tissue engineering requires more than isolated expertise in either biology or mechanics. Justin Jadali approaches ...

Imagine a material that can build a strong and sturdy yet fossil-fuel-free vehicle, one that could both withstand the force of getting T-boned by a bus but be light enough to offset the weight of the ...

In science and engineering, it's unusual for innovation to come in one fell swoop. It's more often a painstaking plod through which the extraordinary gradually becomes ordinary. Subscribe to our ...

From rockets to robots, power plants to biomechanical parts, mechanical engineers put both energy and machines to work. Wherever there is motion or energy, mechanical engineers have played a role in ...

Mechanical engineering is a broad field that involves designing things that move to help solve the world's problems. Mechanical engineers work in numerous industries, including energy, aerospace ...