NIMS, in joint research with the University of Tokyo, AIST, the University of Osaka, and Tohoku University, have proposed a ...

Cells are incredibly adept at creating complex molecules, like therapeutics, and can do so much better than many of our best factories. Synthetic biologists look to ...

Researchers discovered that the distance between dislocations in nanolayer interfaces of pearlite can determine how much the material can stretch or contract without breaking (ductility). The ...

Every graduate student, creative person and inventor of any stripe has experienced periods when nothing seems to come together, some of us many times. I was waist-deep in such pit after a year-long ...

Protein engineering is a powerful biotechnological process that focuses on creating new enzymes or proteins and improving the functions of existing ones by manipulating their natural macromolecular ...

A more environmentally-friendly and sustainable method of producing the useful chemical 1,2,4-butanetriol has been discovered. The team utilized a method involving the direct fermentation of xylose in ...

Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to ...

Here's the video itself, about 12 minutes long: Building a Cathedral without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained I can see generally what he's saying, and I can also appreciate ...