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Nov. 7, 2024 — Scientists have created a robot that can learn tasks like cleaning a washbasin just by watching humans. A special sponge with sensors is used to show the robot how to clean. Using ...

The top four winners in this year's Metro East Start-Up Challenge represent the health care, heavy equipment, specialty foods ...

In addition to its progressive environmental policies and commitment to sustainability, Oregon highly values education—good ...

Across Africa, the majority of both rural and urban residents have insecure tenure rights, either in law or in practice. They face the legacy of land dispossession, colonial legal codes, contested ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed ...

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Ranked among the top 50 engineering schools worldwide, Waterloo Engineering is committed to leading engineering education and research. We are the largest engineering school in Canada, with over ...

The ground beneath cities is warming and deforming owing to subsurface urban heat islands. Here, I discuss questions whose answers can help to develop the cross-disciplinary knowledge needed to ...