On the north side of Matilda Goads house in London, hidden in an alcove between the kitchen and living room, is a small courtyard with granite paving stones. The narrow courtyard, which is flanked on one side by a clematis-strewn fence, has a decidedly rural feel Feeling, thanks in part to a salvaged butler china … Read more
In recent years, hackers have increasingly targeted the physical systems we rely on to run our society. Electricity utilities, food processors, and aluminum manufacturers are just some of the industries that have been attacked recently, causing huge disruptions in the supply chain. Fortunately, the innovative research of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory offers a new … Read more
Arrival, the electric vehicle maker trying to get rid of the assembly line in favor of highly automated microfactories, is partnering with Uber to develop an electric vehicle for hail drivers. The arrival is expected to announce the final vehicle design before the end of the year and production will begin in the third quarter … Read more
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biological Inspired Engineering at Harvard have developed a new gene editing tool that allows scientists to conduct millions of genetic experiments simultaneously. They call it the Retron Library Recombineering (RLR) technique, and it uses segments of bacterial DNA called retrons that can produce fragments of single-stranded DNA. When it … Read more
In a boot camp that started in January, students from the University of Washington School of Nursing are training other UW students and faculties who want to help with COVID-19 vaccinations. (Photo by Kiyomi Taguchi / University of Washington) With Washington residents struggling to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations, a volunteer team of software engineers … Read more