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The National Academy of Engineering has worked with the Washington, D.C. region's most listened-to radio station — the all-news format WTOP Radio — and the nation's only radio station specifically dedicated to covering news related to the federal government — WFED 1500 AM — To provide weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news. Hear some of our stories in the links below.
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Researchers are working on a way to predict when symptoms from the novel coronavirus might turn dangerous.
As wildfire season starts, engineers are developing a new tool to stop them in their tracks.
Making enough COVID-19 vaccine to immunize the world will be a challenge, but a new vaccination method, without the typical needles, may help.
Re-opening during the pandemic would be easier to safely manage if we had a quick at-home test, like a pregnancy test, for COVID-19 infection. Engineers may be close.
The National Science Foundation recently announced finalists of a public competition for bold ideas to guide their long-term planning. One of the Grand Prize winners wants to get us all involved in tackling climate change.
Since nuclear power plants don’t emit greenhouse gases, many think they are a solution to climate change. So a push is now on to boost worldwide nuclear energy production by deploying more – but much smaller – reactors.
While political views differ, democracy depends upon a basic agreement about facts. Can technology help people sort truth from trash in social media?
Engineers are working on a removable heart pump that might one day let patients with end stage heart failure not only survive longer, but recover.
We mostly talk about carbon dioxide as the culprit of climate change. But methane is actually about a hundred times more powerful as a greenhouse gas.
2Brain implants can treat diseases ranging from Parkinson’s to depression, but patients must generally be tethered to machines. The key to a new solution might be in your pocket.
If you want to help researchers fighting the coronavirus, even while you’re hunkering down at home, we’ve got a video game for you!
Thirty years ago, a bacteria from the Potomac River was found to produce its own tiny wires that conduct electricity. Just last month, an even more surprising discovery was announced.
More than thirty years ago, a new type of bacteria was discovered in the mud of the Potomac River. Now it could provide a key to producing clean energy.
The current coronavirus outbreak is being tracked using technologies that monitor news and social media, in the hope of identifying hotspots and predicting its spread.
A growing number of artists are creating works that pull people into thinking more about climate change…and the pros and cons of possible solutions.
Side effects from treatments like chemotherapy might one day be dramatically reduced by a new method that delivers drugs only to a specific target.
As you drive to your Thanksgiving destination, think about this: Today’s cars are basically computers on wheels, and are becoming more and more connected to the internet. So what if a particular brand got hacked?
Thanks to “man’s best friend,” researchers are making progress on developing an artificial nose that can “smell” the presence of bacterial infection.
As Virginia warns of a potentially bad wildfire season and dangerous fires continue to burn in California, engineers are developing a new tool to stop wildfires in their tracks.
A new technique might soon allow you to stream High Definition video from a camera so small it could be attached to your glasses.
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