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WPI Researchers Send Experiment to Space Aboard Blue Origin Spacecraft

Heat-transfer technology from Jamal Yagoobi’s lab could effectively and non-mechanically cool electronics on spaceships and ...
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WPI and MCPHS Expand Longstanding Partnership with New Degree Pathways

The expanded partnership promotes collaborations of mutual interest and benefit and formalizes a series of articulated degree ...
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WPI Faculty Awarded $600,000 Carnegie Corporation Grant for “Mapping Global China”

WPI faculty members Jennifer Rudolph, historian of modern China and professor in humanities and arts, and Lane Harrison, data ...
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27 Hackfeld Road

Just minutes from the Quad, 27 Hackfeld Road is the home of Military Science and the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The Military Science classroom and supply room are located in the ...
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WPI Joins Neuroarts Academic Network

Jean King, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will represent the university in collaborative group of experts ...
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Celebrating A Decade of Data Science at WPI

To mark the 10th anniversary of WPI’s Data Science program, we asked Professor Elke Rundensteiner, the founding head of the program, 10 questions to reflect on its origins, growth, and future ...
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Early Research Finds Extracts from Sweet Wormwood Plant Can Inhibit the COVID-19 Virus

A team of researchers that includes Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from the leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, a medicinal herb also known ...
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WPI Team Grows Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves

Researchers turn to the vascular system of plants to solve a major bioengineering problem blocking the regeneration of human tissues and organs. Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek ...
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Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little-Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s

WPI Professor and Hendrix Scholar Joel Brattin Recalls What Made the 1969 Woodstock Appearance a Unique Moment in the Career of the Legendary Guitarist On Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi ...
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researcher is Creating a Safer, More Accurate Way to Detect Prostate Cancer

A biomedical engineer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is creating a new medical robot that uses minimally invasive technologies to safely and accurately detect and monitor prostate cancer, ...
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The Lizard You Actually Want Crawling in the Walls

WPI researchers have partnered with the City of Worcester to develop a lizard-like soft robot that can creep into walls, ductwork, and pipes to perform inspections and three-dimensional mapping tasks ...
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The National Academy of Engineering Recognizes WPI

The National Academy of Engineering Recognizes “The WPI Plan” and Four WPI Faculty with the Prestigious 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education The National ...