The NAE dedicates the winter issue of The Bridge to papers from The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (also known as US Frontiers of Engineering [US FOE]), held in September each year. I am delighted to be the guest editor of this issue, which includes a selection of papers ...

Community engagement will lead to increased capacity for risk assessments to positively impact communities and protect human health.

Health risk assessment plays an important role in public and environ­mental health policy and decision-making. Quantitative health risk assessments, ...

This article reviews the current state of the science on engineering interventions to reduce antibiotic resistance and highlights measurement challenges and opportunities for antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a global health threat that challenges the efficacy of many critical ...

It is essential that AI, the 21st century’s most important technology, be developed with sustainability in mind.

The past 50 years have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of compute capability per person. Since the introduction of the first commercially available ...

AI systems should be reshaped so that they are socially aware and ethically informed.

In an era where artificial intelligence systems like large language models (LLMs) have become pervasive tools across various sectors (including high-stakes ones like healthcare and law), the question arises: Do ...

Microbiome engineering strategies are well poised to enable future efforts in causal microbiome research and to lead the translational charge once clear indications and targets are known.

The human body is inhabited by trillions of microorganisms from thousands of unique species of all domains ...

The significant benefits of digital twins are clear, but more work needs to be done for the full potential of digital twins to be realized.

Digital twins have taken center stage, revolutionizing how industries interact with physical systems by offering dynamic and virtual representations of ...

RONALD LATANISION (RML): We’re thrilled to be joined today by Susan Rogers. Susan, over the course of your career, you were a sound engineer for the music ­legend Prince, and then you changed directions and became an academic. You have a very interesting set of credentials, and ...