The beetle’s white exoskeleton is made from a compound called chitin, which is a type of carbohydrate – one that is also commonly found in crab and lobster shells. First, Jie extracted chitin ...

“Money is Money, and Paper is Paper. All the invention of man cannot make them otherwise.” With that line, Thomas Paine opened a devastating critique of paper money, clearly demonstrating that gold ...

Steven Bouma-Prediger seldom sees students walking between classes without their faces buried in their smartphones. This distraction transfers into the classroom, where Bouma-Prediger takes matters ...

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Thirteen years ago, no ...

Social engineering is often described as a cybersecurity issue, but that framing increasingly misses the point. The most effective social engineering attacks today do not rely on technical exploits or ...

An expert retained by the victims of the Fern Hollow bridge collapse said the three engineering firms contracted to inspect the span failed to uphold the standard of care required for professional ...

Healthcare’s payment systems are overdue for an upgrade. While other industries push forward with digital transformation, healthcare is still held back by paper checks, which is an outdated process ...

Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection rates in nations with developing economies. Industry consultant Bill Moore ...

A new Northwestern University study suggests scientific fraud is no longer limited to isolated cases, but increasingly driven by coordinated global networks that manipulate publishing systems. Using ...

Abstract: This paper explores the role of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in addressing electrical engineering (EE) challenges. It introduces the evolution of Al technologies, from rule-based ...

Optimization problems often involve situations in which the user's goal is to minimize and/or maximize not a single objective function, but several, usually conflicting, functions simultaneously. Such ...