Engineering

Trump open letter

More than 50 local researchers sign letter protesting Trump administration for 'gutting' science

Franklin Institute debuts $8.5 million exhibit on human body, featuring the return of the Giant Heart

Giant Heart Franklin

Load Cells: From Basics to Applications - Types, Operations, and Use Cases

Limited - Load Cell

Smart tattoos could be the next wearable health technology

Smart Tattoos

Wells Fargo Center's gigantic new kinetic 4K scoreboard begins assembly

Wells Fargo Center scoreboard assembly

Penn bioengineers develop light-activated genome-folding technology

Penn Genome Folding

Philly raises $4.5 million to dredge Schuylkill River for first time in 20 years

Boathouse Row Schuylkill river

Agency reveals replacement option for retired split-flap board at 30th Street Station

amtrak 30th street sign

D.C. architects want to build a timber skyscraper in Philadelphia

Timber Towers Main

Report: Philly is the highest ranking city for diversity in STEM

The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center

Lockheed Martin holding engineering, operations job fair in South Jersey

Infrequently Asked Questions: Why did cars switch to a curved design?

A glimpse into a Philadelphia engineer's life in WWI a century after U.S. entered the war

Henry Bamsberger portrait

WATCH: Sumobots to wrestle in South Jersey

Sumo bots

Philly college students combine art, geography and motion to recreate Grand Canyon

da Vinci Philly U Project

WATCH: Building inspector records descent from Center City high-rise with GoPro

Teams gather in South Jersey to launch pumpkins with medieval machines

Carroll - Pumpkin Chunkin at Rowan University

Gallery: 13th annual Pumpkin Chunkin'

Carroll - Pumpkin Chunkin at Rowan University

Superheroes and superheroines: Rowan bioengineering students unleashed

Rowan engineer susperheroes

Philadelphia ranks fifth in United States for STEM diversity

Here's the most complex, detailed depiction of the brain in the world

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Learn the science behind everyday objects at Philly Materials Day

Penn researchers create world's thinnest nanoscale plates for structural engineering

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Infrequently Asked Questions: Can rice really fix a water-damaged phone?

Gallery: Inside the home of Philly's mad scientist

Engineers develop 'chameleon-like' color-shifting material

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Explore the study of stuff at Philly Materials Science & Engineering Day

Philly Materials Day

sleepiness health risks

One-third of Americans report excessive sleepiness — and the issue deserves greater attention,...

blue ridge beef pet food recall

Blue Ridge Beef recalls pet food due to potential salmonella, listeria contamination

Fentanyl Powder Misinformation

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

FOMO Anxiety

Feeling FOMO for something that's not even fun? It's not the event you're missing, it's the bonding

Aloneness Health Benefits

Being alone has its benefits − a psychologist flips the script on the 'loneliness epidemic'

Purchased - A man blowing his nose due to allergic reaction

Your seasonal allergy survival guide

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