Have you ever thought about the life-changing impact that a single can is able to make in the fight against hunger? Canstruction is an international charity competition in which architects, engineers, contractors, ...

Technology - Other

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Apr 02, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0 |

The interior of every cell within our bodies is crisscrossed with a network of molecular highways upon which nutrients, replacement parts, and other vital materials travel to their appropriate location. The ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for manipulating cells. Results ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org)—A team of astrobiology researchers—including two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute—will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for the ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Dec 11, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 7

(Phys.org)—The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media, according to a study that drew on data from the location-based ...

Technology - Internet

Dec 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed an ultrasensitive method for detecting sugar molecules – or glycans – coming from living organisms, a breakthrough that will ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 01, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2 |

(Phys.org)—Civil engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were part of an international research team that collapsed a full-scale dike this week in The Netherlands. The test dike was embedded with ...

Technology - Engineering

Sep 21, 2012 not rated yet 0

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made a sheet of paper from the world’s thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Aug 21, 2012 4.7 / 5 (9) 3 |

New research led by chemists in the Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 02, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 3 |

Right now, more than 6.5 billion people are competing for the Earth’s dwindling supply of fossil fuels. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be 8 to 10 billion, and major advances in energy technology ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 05, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 5

Computer scientists and biologists in the Data Science Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a rare collaboration between the two very different fields to pick apart a fundamental roadblock to ...

Biology - Other

Apr 02, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

The Scientist magazine unveiled the Top 10 Innovations of 2011, and coming in at number eight was the Dimesimeter, a circadian light and activity sensor developed by the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Ren ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 29, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student harnessed the power of the world’s thinnest material, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Mar 08, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0