For the first time, scientists have observed how tiny metal "thorns" called dendrites sprout inside lithium-ion batteries, which can cause the batteries to short-circuit. Their findings, published in ...

More than 500 years ago, Michelangelo spent four years painting The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, struggling with paint ...

The 3D printed spotted eagle ray is a stunning example of creative design and engineering. With flexible joints and a flowing shape, the model can actually move in a way that mimics the graceful ...

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...

More than a century before quantum mechanics was born, Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton stumbled onto an idea that would quietly foreshadow one of the deepest truths in physics. While ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

Abstract: Digitization is changing many fields of our society. Technical systems in particular are undergoing major changes. Tomorrow’s systems are characterized by their autonomy, high level of ...