Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

Developing and manufacturing effective, safe, reliable new drugs or critical new materials for use in semiconductors or applications involving dangerous materials requires many layers of knowledge.

Segmentation and repetition of structural motifs is a “Universal” rule of construction in biology: Nature abound in examples of segmented materials and structures including spines segmented into ...

In the not too distant future, an integrated multiscale analysis system for the design of a reliable engineering structure to sustain harsh environmental conditions within a predetermined lifetime may ...

Recent advances in data science techniques, combined with the ever-increasing availability of high-fidelity simulation/measurement data open up new opportunities for developing data-enabled ...

The environment that surrounds cells in a tissue or organ, the extracellular matrix, is arguably just as critical to cell function as the cell itself. Researchers from the University of Illinois at ...

Concrete structures are engineered to withstand extreme dynamic loads, notably those imposed by blast events. The study of blast resistance and penetration mechanics involves understanding the complex ...

A new study, “Inter-Species Interactions in Dual, Fibrous Gels Enable Control of Gel Structure and Rheology” published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), uncovers how ...

Scientists created this new phase of ice—known as Ice XXI—by supercompressing water to 20,000 times normal pressure in just 10 milliseconds.

Archaeologists excavating a Spanish stone-and-adobe structure in Arizona uncovered a 480-year-old gun. Experts believe the ...