Design for Health

Perkins Eastman’s WELL Platinum Chicago office prioritizes employee health

Global architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman has earned WELL Platinum certification for its new Chicago...

While smartphone spectrometers are already being used to help detect cancer, they have only been able to evaluate...

MIT researchers have developed a new safe-to-swallow battery powered by stomach acid. The technology could significantly...

A solar-powered purification system could slake the thirsts of rural India with clean drinking water for the first...

When it comes to medical breakthroughs, the most exciting advances tend to involve technology that can lead to...

New brain implant technology has given a paralyzed man a whole new lease on life. Since a devastating car accident...

When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting...

Transporting vaccines in developing countries can be precarious. Highly sensitive to temperature, vaccines can...

Calling all future-forward architects and designers! How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves,...

A team of University of Michigan researchers have discovered how to use lasers to see intricate cell structure...

Calling all future-looking designers and architects! We've got a cool new design competition coming up for you...

New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever by Matthias Hollwich with Jennifer Krichels and illustrations...

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America, and countries around the world are quickly following suit....

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Dealing with a house fire is a nightmare scenario no matter where you live -- but in the slums of South Africa,...