New “Zero Thermal Expansion” Material Expands Future Engineering Applications
Have you ever had to handle a jar lid that’s stuck? It can be tough to twist it…
Engineers Power Small Devices By Absorbing Wi-Fi
In today’s wireless world, Wi-Fi signals are everywhere; from coffee shops to your own bathroom, the need for…
Mathematics’ Abel Prize Awarded to Cybersecurity Pioneers
The Abel Prize, a prestigious award from the King of Norway and the Norwegian Academy of Science and…
Newly-Engineered Transparent Electrodes Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
Solar cells, silicon-based panels that generate electricity from sunlight, have been a constant focus in engineering circles due…
Climate Change Is Erasing the World’s Oldest Rock Art in Sulawesi
Inside the Leang Tedongnge Cave in the Maros-Pangkep region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, scientists found hand stencil artwork on…
Giant Tortoise Species Rediscovered After 112 Years
For 112 years, the Fernandina giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus), native to the Galapagos island of Fernandina, was thought…
Water Needs “Extra Heat” to Freeze on Graphene, New Study Finds
In a study whose results appear to fly in the face of common understanding, it appears that water…
Syrian Pyramid Burial Mound Could Be the World’s Oldest War Memorial
A huge, 4,300-year-old pyramid-shaped burial mound in Syria, containing 30 individuals believed to be warriors, could be the…
World’s Oldest Manmade “Quasicrystal” Discovered Under Humanity’s First Nuclear Test Site
5:29:45 a.m. local time. Atop a 100-foot (30.48-meter) tower, a metal-coated plutonium device, called “Gadget,” initiated its implosion.…
Light-Shrinking “Metamaterial” Allows Microscopes to See Finer Structures
Anyone who’s been around a laboratory long enough will know a microscope like the back of their hand.…