Spring at South Coast Botanic Garden brings cherry blossoms, cascading wisteria, hands on workshops, and immersive art ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

The researchers turned to hydrogels, which are water-rich, jelly-like polymers that respond to temperature and chemicals. But instead of layering different materials or embedding electronics, they ...

For the first time, researchers in France and Israel have observed how an emulsified liquid droplet can transform from a ...

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.

For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating ...

In a discovery that reshapes how scientists understand liquids, researchers have shown that microscopic oil droplets suspended in water can fold themselves into precise, six-pointed star shapes while ...

Scientists spotted mysterious circles in Scotland's coastal seagrass meadows. The rings may signal ecosystem recovery or stress from temperature changes. Seagrass is vital for marine life, carbon ...

A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and gravitational lensing.

As organisms develop from embryos, groups of cells migrate and reshape themselves to form all manner of complex tissues. There are no anatomical molds shaped like lungs, livers or other tissues for ...

Tessellation is when shapes fit together in a pattern with no gaps or overlaps. These squares make a tessellating pattern. You can make a tessellating pattern from just one type of shape or a number ...