(Abstract composition of a woman surrounded by dreamy colorful clouds depicting the subject of sleep and imagination. Credit: agsandrew / Shutterstock.) Dreams have famously led to some pretty ...

The global modern industry is a massive operation that works on a scale almost impossible to comprehend. At every stage, it depends on the ability to move, support, and control heavy loads safely.

A recent study has found that dreaming about a specific problem can help people find creative solutions the next day. By playing specialized sounds while participants slept, scientists were able to ...

Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft respond to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial intelligence that ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

We've all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to "sleep on it." It turns out there may be more truth to this adage than previously thought. While stories abound of eureka moments surfacing ...

MT. ZION, Ill. (WAND) — The Mt. Zion robotics team is learning how to use problem solving skills while aiming for the number one spot. Carl Scherer, a Caterpillar design engineer and Mt. Zion robotics ...

What prompted the idea for the course? As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and systems science in general – have much to contribute to solving social problems.