Technology & Science
Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation
The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.
Go behind the scenes at Pitt's teaching greenhouse, where it's never winter
Perched atop Langley Hall, this space for biologists and botanists boasts all sorts of living treasures.
Meet one of Pitt's ‘hidden figures’
After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.
The International Space Station got new Pitt-designed computers and sensors
The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.
Apply for $50,000 from the Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge
The funding program aims to advance ideas and solutions addressing problems in the area of pain.
Pitt physicists built their very own quantum computer
While impressive for its size alone, the Lego-like computer’s real innovation is in how its components are connected.
This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles
Self-driving cars need to be insured if they’re going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at Pitt-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen.
How fecal transplants could transform cancer care
Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, Pitt researchers proved.
Pitt-Bradford receives funding for green building project
The $230,000 grant will support a rooftop solar array and educational dashboard.
4 Pitt faculty members named 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
They join W.E.B. DuBois, Thomas Edison and Margaret Mead in having received one of science's highest honors.