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Professor Shelly Miller in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering writes in The Conversation that the more people understand how aerosols work, the better they can avoid getting or spreading the coronavirus.

If humanity had a blank landscape, how would people build things? Assistant Professor Wil Srubar explains the benefits and potential of engineered living materials in The Conversation.

Unsafe drinking water and household air pollution are major causes of illness and death around the world Associate Professor Evan Thomas writes in The Conversation.

Assistant Professor Orit Peleg explores what we can learn from bees and nature that can then be applied to engineering.

Associate Professor Evan Thomas offers analysis for The Conversation, writing: "One way to improve drought resilience is to improve the management of groundwater."

Assistant Professor Christoffer Heckman offers analysis for The Conversation, writing: "What is this technology, which is already being used and marketed, and why is it raising concerns?"

Our ever-growing appetite for intelligent, autonomous machines poses a host of ethical challenges, Assistant Professor Christoffer Heckman writes in The Conversation.