NASA is on a mission to scan the Northern Lights and fly rockets straight into them to uncover what actually happens inside ...

US researchers have developed a 4D-printing method for hydrogel ‘smart synthetic skin’ that hides and reveals images on demand, with potential uses in information encryption and adaptive camouflage.

Digital tools, argues Adam Holloway, can revive the role of architects as master builders, returning vernacular craft and material agency to the heart of design.

An international research team has demonstrated a new approach to 4D-printed shape-morphing implants that opens the door to ...

The human kidney filters about a cup of blood every minute, removing waste, excess fluid, and toxins from it, while also ...

Painted portraits of famous figures reveal a lot about their likeness, with the mastery of artists being in their ability to capture someone's essence. Yet, they lack the true three-dimensionality and ...

Mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz of Brown University tackled the problem in a recent study by working backward from an existing polyhedral torus to answer questions about what would be needed to ...

The irregular, swirling motion of fluids we call turbulence can be found everywhere, from stirring in a teacup to currents in the planetary atmosphere. This phenomenon is governed by the Navier-Stokes ...

What looks like a galactic dance is really a cosmic optical illusion—two galaxies, worlds apart, perfectly aligned by chance.

Comprehensive residue-level mapping of amyloid-beta recognition reveals how sequence variants, post-translational modifications, and aggregation state shape antibody specificity, thereby guiding ...

Our brains relish even brief moments of shared experience. Yet, we often overestimate how successfully we communicate in social interactions.

The International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) is a permanent committee to bring the resources of the Academy to bear on ...