The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in Southern California. “I thought maybe these origami patterns, which are strong and ...

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

The team used their new printing method to encode a photo of the Mona Lisa onto their smart skin material (left). The photo, which can initially appear hidden in the material, can be revealed by ...

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the ...

An often-overlooked part of the body may reveal important clues about overall health. Researchers from the University of Westminster in the U.K. discovered that the shape of the gluteus maximus muscle ...

Synchronicities don’t begin with events. They begin with attention. The brain constantly filters information, highlighting what feels relevant and discarding the rest. When timing and emotion align, ...