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Jan 12, 2021

Playing With Gravity

Ellipsoid. Image: Marley Cook Marley Cook is a senior in mechanical engineering. As an engineer, he’s seen (and sometimes struggled with) his share of physics courses. And while introductory physics…

Jan 7, 2021

Nanodroplets and Ultrasound ‘Drills’ Prove Effective at Tackling Tough Blood Clots

Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound “drill” to break up the clots from the inside out. The…

Dec 10, 2020

Fragments of energy – not waves or particles – may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe

By Dr. Larry Silverberg and Dr. Jeffrey Eischen   Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter? This question has long been tricky for those who…

Dec 7, 2020

Safety and Health Internship

“We have a project where we could use an interested student for 10-20 hrs per week (beginning to end of this coming semester) to conduct noise assessments at various on…

Dec 7, 2020

Professor Yong Zhu receives Bessel Award

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded Yong Zhu, professor at the North Carolina State University (USA) and an expert for micro- and nanomechanics, with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize…

Dec 7, 2020

Ultrasound and the Future of Medical Imaging

Volunteers use a portable ultrasound probe to facilitate anesthesia in an operating room in the Gaza Strip. Image credit: MedGlobal Org. Shared under a Creative Commons license.   When most…