A new type of synthetic skin that can change both its texture and colour is presented in Nature. This technology could have future applications in camouflage, soft robotics, and advanced display ...

Winter weather events such as ice storms are some of the most hazardous winter weather events experienced in the United States. Ice storms originate from freezing rain as opposed to traditional winter ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

In the sun’s midday glare, a white cumulus cloud bounces light off its surface, cooling its interior. But in infrared photography, it nearly disappears. That natural magic trick—cooling by bouncing ...

The transformation of baseball's playing surfaces began with a simple problem in Houston. When the Astrodome opened in 1965, its revolutionary indoor design created an unexpected challenge: natural ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us. Aparna ...

...and Photonics21 urges industry members to engage in Board of Stakeholders election 2025. Existing technologies, such as AeroSHARK, have already enabled riblet surfaces. A new project backed by the ...

Concrete is anything but a consensus. Some love it, others hate it. It can feel as tough as granite or soft as velvet — all depending on whose hands are doing the shaping. Treated with engineering ...

You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...