
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...

New $150 gadget lets your smartphone detect cancer with laboratory precision
While smartphone spectrometers are already being used to help detect cancer, they have only been able to evaluate...

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

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

World's first 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip could help end animal testing
When it comes to medical breakthroughs, the most exciting advances tend to involve technology that can lead to...

Brain implants allow paralyzed man to feel his fingertips again
New brain implant technology has given a paralyzed man a whole new lease on life. Since a devastating car accident...

Biodesign Competition winners announced - algae takes center stage
When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting...

Mobile cooler designed by 22-year-old Will Broadway could save 1.5 million lives
Transporting vaccines in developing countries can be precarious. Highly sensitive to temperature, vaccines can...

Biodesign Architecture Competition extends deadline to Sept 6th
Calling all future-forward architects and designers! How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves,...

Shining lasers on human blood could help detect tumors
A team of University of Michigan researchers have discovered how to use lasers to see intricate cell structure...

Designers, get ready for the BioDesign Competition - cash prize of $1000
Calling all future-looking designers and architects! We've got a cool new design competition coming up for you...

New Aging: Architect Matthias Hollwich's new book explores how we can live smarter now to live better forever
New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever by Matthias Hollwich with Jennifer Krichels and illustrations...

INTERVIEW: 5+Design's Michael Ellis Discusses How Architecture Can Fight Obesity
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America, and countries around the world are quickly following suit....

New SCiO sensor app lets anyone explore their world on a molecular level
Related: World's first pocket spectrometer measures the molecular makeup of nearly everything A CES 2016 Tech...

Low-tech alarm protects South African slums from devastating fires
Dealing with a house fire is a nightmare scenario no matter where you live -- but in the slums of South Africa,...