On World Radio Day, Pitt faculty from engineering and health and rehabilitation sciences remember the work of Reginald Fessenden, who made technologies like music streaming, video chatting and podcasts possible.

Each year, the United States experiences an extreme shortage of organ donations. Pitt researchers aim to change that.

Hao Sun, assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, has been studying ways to measure the stability of aging structures.

Young adults are more susceptible to addiction, especially to drugs like cocaine. Using a new high-resolution sensor, bioengineer Xinyan Cui plans to figure out why.

After besting all the other teams in the 2017 International Aerial Robotics Competition Mission 7, these students set about refining their approach in hopes of completing the full challenge next year.

New research from Piervincenzo Rizzo seeks to create a novel barrier to shield disruptive noises like traffic from occupants of buildings.

Engineer Steven Little and colleagues may have found the cell-sized source of irritation caused by contact with allergens.

Engineer Anna Balazs has modeled behavior in nonliving particles which could lead to advancements in the construction of robots from highly flexible materials.

With partly cloudy skies and an inconsistent tail wind, the Pitt team members gave their 24-foot aircraft a running shove off a platform on the Allegheny River. Find out how they did.

On Aug. 5, the "Roc-ettes" team of engineers will put their skills to the test at Red Bull Flugtag, a flying-machine competition.