The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

Solar engineering is designed to reflect some of the Sun's ray back into space. John Crouch/Moment via Getty Imgaes The only known method able to quickly arrest this temperature rise is climate ...

Discover ten innovative machines and futuristic vehicles built to master the toughest environments and tasks. From the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A University at Buffalo student has taken the top honor in the prestigious "Extreme Engineering Challenge" held recently by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) ...

Explore the world of specialized vehicles in this captivating showcase of engineering marvels and extreme machines. From the ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a huge installation measured in kilometers that is listening for wrinkles in space-time. Pulling this off is a true story of hardware ...

At the core of uncovering extreme events such as floods is the physics of fluids – specifically turbulent flows. Researchers leveraged a computer-vision deep learning technique and adapted it for ...

Keywords: MCEER. Extreme events. National Science Foundation (NSF). Earthquake Engineering Research Centers (EERC). National Center for Earthquake Engineering (NCEER). Community disaster resiliency.

Extreme Engineering covers major construction projects from all around the world. Some are futuristic projects that may never be done, others are projects that are on there way to completion.

When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16 roared into orbit on Nov. 19, 2016, Joe Blonski ’78 was on call. Blonski, ...

At the Texas Motor Speedway in Forth Worth, Texas, 12 planes geared up for a high-flying aerial showdown Sept. 6, on the sixth leg of this year's Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Reaching speeds ...