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Nick Ouellette: What flocks of birds can tell us about engineering

A civil engineer explains how new insights gleaned from the flight of birds may one day be applied to fields as far-ranging as autonomous cars and cr…

6 years ago

Shaili Jain: Treatments for PTSD are more effective than ever

How a revealing father-daughter conversation led to a career dedicated to studying and treating severe trauma and stress-related disorders. Shaili Ja…

6 years, 1 month ago

Michelle Mello: Patient privacy and the law are on a collision course

A rapidly shifting legal debate is raging in healthcare over patient data and privacy. One legal expert says that even though regulations have lagged…

6 years, 1 month ago

Bonnie Maldonado: The science is clear. Vaccinations save lives.

An expert in infectious diseases says that vaccinations are more powerful than ever, but better communication by the medical community is needed to c…

6 years, 1 month ago

Simone D’Amico: “The Swarm” is coming to an orbit near you

The geostationary satellites used for communication and weather forecasting today are very large and very expensive — and most are still functioning …

6 years, 1 month ago

Jelena Vuckovic: Photonics — a light on the computing horizon

Photonics engineers are working toward a day when fast, energy efficient computers do their mathematics using photons — packets of light — instead of…

6 years, 2 months ago

Sharon Chinthrajah: The air is making us sick

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Emma Brunskill: Amped-up education with AI

Computer programs that purport to help humans learn have been around almost as long as there have been computer programs, but their track record for …

6 years, 2 months ago

Scott Delp: Better gait, better life

A biomechanical engineer explains how new diagnostics and improved understanding of human movement are yielding great leaps forward in the treatment …

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Stephen Quake: What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health?

Russ Altman: Today on The Future of Everything, the future of detecting DNA in your blood.

Now DNA is the building block of life. It is a relatively s…

6 years, 4 months ago