Engineering Design

  1. Physics

    Shark intestines inspire pipes with a strictly one-way flow

    The pipes contain a twisty coil that lets liquids flow in one direction but not the other.

    By Alison Pearce Stevens
  2. Artificial Intelligence

    Google now adds watermarks to all its AI-generated content

    Google’s AI-created content now hosts an invisible “signature.” A mathematical key can reveal the presence of this digital watermark, called SynthID.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  3. Life

    Scientists Say: Organoid

    Lab-grown organ models mimic the functions of real organs and may open doors to a future of personalized medical care.

    By Katie Grace Carpenter
  4. Tech

    This young engineer built an affordable electronic braille reader

    Thermo Fisher JIC finalist Yash Mehta got inspired to make a better braille device after visiting a school for blind students in Old Delhi, India.

    By Maria Temming
  5. Artificial Intelligence

    Scientists Say: Deepfake

    Seeing should no longer mean believing, now that AI tech makes creating fake videos, audio and images easier than ever.

    By Katie Grace Carpenter
  6. Tech

    A Jurassic Park-inspired method can safely store data in DNA

    DNA can store all types of data. An amber-like material can now protect its information long-term — or release it on demand for short-term use.

    By Payal Dhar
  7. Environment

    Scientists want to create a sort of Noah’s Ark on the moon

    Climate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity banks. A lunar “ark” would safeguard seeds and cells against changes happening on Earth.

    By Gennaro Tomma
  8. Chemistry

    Predicting and designing protein structures wins a 2024 Nobel Prize

    A biochemist and two computer scientists using AI shared the top award in chemistry.

    By Meghan Rosen and Andrea Tamayo
  9. Artificial Intelligence

    ChatGPT and other AI tools are full of hidden racial biases

    In tests, AI programs would recommend people who use African American English for less prestigious jobs and harsher punishments for serious crime.

    By Sujata Gupta
  10. Artificial Intelligence

    Explainer: What is generative AI?

    New bots are emerging all the time that can create — at your direction — images, computer code, articles, ads, songs and more.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  11. Artificial Intelligence

    Two AI trailblazers win the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics

    John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton used brain-like networks based on principles of physics to jump-start machine learning.

    By Emily Conover and Lisa Grossman
  12. Animals

    This biologist tracks seadragons, with help from the public

    Nerida Wilson uses artificial intelligence to identify seadragons in photos taken by citizen scientists.

    By Aaron Tremper