Phys.OrgA new way to do metabolic engineeringPhys.OrgMetabolic engineering involves engineering microorganisms to produce value-added products such as biofuels and chemicals. This is achieved by changing or deleting the expression of genes to modify the mi …

Fast CompanyThe Engineering Challenge That Has Vexed Coffee Snobs For YearsFast CompanyBut that project, called Bruvelo, never made it to market. Sell couldn't reach his funding goals on two attempts, and along the way he encountered several engineerin …

Harvard Business ReviewHow We Reorganized Instagram's Engineering Team While Quadrupling Its SizeHarvard Business ReviewWhen I joined Instagram in 2015 as head of engineering, the company had been part of Facebook for three years. It had 115 engineers, …

The InclineThis Pitt class uses engineering to teach students about craft beerThe InclineLast year, the class was open to chemical engineering, bioengineering and mechanical engineering students. This spring, any engineering student can take it, though stu …

Wanted: 265000 new engineering employees a yearProfessional EngineeringThe figure, which manufacturers' organisation the EEF highlighted during the recent Tomorrow's Engineers Week, shows the vast scale of the manufacturing and engineering skills g …

INSIGHT: The birth of engineering in IndiaProfessional EngineeringThe earliest engineering works carried out by the British in India were military operations to defend the East India Company's trading stations. After the Public Works Department was set …

GBTIMESChinese Academy of Engineering inducts Bill GatesGBTIMESA total of 18 foreign experts, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, have been inducted into China's foremost engineering academic institution. The announcement was published on the offic …

IT PROSocial engineering: the biggest security risk to your businessIT PROPhishing is one social-engineering trick, but the definition includes any attack methodology that relies on trust and deception. And it's certainly not merely a consumer problem: …

Nature.comSynthetic biology: Multiplex genome engineering in eukaryotesNature.comA goal of synthetic biology is the design and evolution of organisms with new and improved properties, but genomic diversity is difficult to generate efficiently in the labora …

Boing BoingReverse-engineering a connected Furby toy, revealing its disturbing ...Boing BoingWhen Context Labs teamed up with UK consumer group Which? to produce an outstanding report on the surveillance, privacy and security risks of kids' ...and …