Construction starts this month on the The New York Genome Center (NYGC) which aims to be the largest research center of its kind in North America. First on its list of major projects is Alzheimer's research.
Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes -- both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising ways to put those good microbes to work.
Opening the door to a new era computer-aided biological engineering, Stanford researchers announce in an article published in the journal Cell that they have completed the first computer model for an entire organism.
Begun just months after the Fukushima accident, Georgia's $14 billion Vogtle nuclear reactor expansion is progressing under immense scrutiny. Check out the video progress report for an update.
Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use may be the biggest challenge to the global environment. He looks at how these issues could grow even larger as we look to feed over 9 billion people in the future.
Congratulations to Scott Kolodziej for being the first to submit a correct answer to the challenge question! And thanks to everyone who participated.
German researchers unveiled to the public the world's lightest material, which they call Aerographite. The material weights just 0.2 mg per cubic centimeter, making it 75 times lighter than Styrofoam.
As the US Navy successfully winds up the first "Great Green Fleet" maneuvers off Hawaii, a subsidiary of Honeywell is building the nation's first dedicated biorefinery on a former pineapple field outside of Honolulu.
The Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) and the AIChE Foundation are working together to support the Minority Affairs Committee Scholarship Fund. This fund promotes activities that encourage the education and training of minorities in engineering and related disciplines through student scholarships and mentoring programs.
Cesar Harada was so moved by the BP Oil Spill that he quit his dream job, moved to New Orleans, and developed a flexible and highly maneuverable sailing boat that can clean large tracks of oil quic
Houston-based Waste Management is pushing a nationwide plan to convert 18,342 trucks from smoky diesel to quieter, cleaner compressed natural gas.
Long a standard of office life, the cubicle is evolving and even disappearing in some companies. Following are some thoughts on the state of the workplace. Join in and share your thoughts about how and where you're most productive.
This month CEP looks at using cloud looks to collaborate, takes a closer look at centrifugation and the selection of a centrifuge, delves into modeling and virtual reality, and more.
Welcome to the 12th comic in the Boil's Laws comic strip series, brought to ChEnected by artist and chemical engineer Rich Byrnes. Here's one for all of you in process safety!
Disaster began as a slow, small and unnoticed chemical spill – maybe even less than a barrel – until it destroyed the newest and largest oil refinery expansion in the US. How did this process safety nightmare unfold so stealthily and quickly?
The 2012 Annual Meeting has the tagline of “Cleaner Energy, Stronger Economy, Better Living,” but what exactly does that have to do with Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh, previously a booming industrial city, was once described as “hell with the lid off," but since the collapse of its steel industry, Pittsburgh has strived to build a green economy by reducing the city’s energy demands and lowering global warming emissions.
TED Fellow Lucy McRae is a body architect -- she imagines ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies.
