Worcester Polytechnic Institute

A Worcester startup aiming to help diabetics and a Cambridge firm creating devices for those with impaired mobility have joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute's PracticePoint incubator.

Waltham defense contractor Raytheon has partnered with Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop bacterial strains to detect buried explosives by glowing if they find any.

A robotics scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will lead a team of researchers in a project to help recycling centers better sort materials.

A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a National Science Foundation grant to fund the creation of an analytical tool to analyze asylum case needs at the U.S. southern border.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $3-million National Science Foundation to fund training for 120 graduate students to prepare them for robotic assistants in the workplace.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Haichong Zhang has received a nearly $2-million grant to fund his research into a prostate cancer detecting robot.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded an $8-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research Program to expand an online learning tool developed by one of WPI's professors.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has made two new lists of the best online programs for electrical engineering and its master of business administration.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineer has received a $500,000 award from the National Science Foundation for research to potentially lead to next generation bullet-proof vests sensing the speed of a bullet and shape-shifts for greater shock protection.