Shock-absorbing sneaker soles are likely made of polyurethane, a highly elastic and tough polymer. The ability of these ...

At a set of labs on the University of Texas at El Paso campus, researchers say they have figured out how to 3D-print a key battery component into almost any shape, potentially freeing future gadgets ...

The AI-based program AlphaFold predicts a protein's 3D structure with remarkable accuracy. However, it tends to reduce heterogeneous structures to a single dominant conformation, or shape, and ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...

A century after one of developmental biology’s most influential experiments, researchers have revisited the concept of the embryonic “organizer” in one of the oldest animal lineages alive today.

Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have created a 3D ...

A team of engineers at Rice University and Kyung Hee University has developed a soft, shape-shifting mechanical surface that ...

One of the major cognitive changes that happens as we age is difficulty recounting details of past experiences. But two recent studies suggest that older adults’ memories may be richer than previously ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have developed a way to 3D-print an essential battery component in nearly ...

t was the dead of winter in Boston. The surface of the Charles River was frozen solid. But Zachary Kelso braved the biting cold to finally put to rest a mystery that has haunted neuroscience labs for ...

Chiral 2D metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are among the most promising materials for future technologies that exploit the ...