According to Virginia Tech, since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling with the challenge of creating a shape-memory ...

The viral wall friction trick is taking over social media. From pencils to full-sized chairs, content creators are testing a wide range of objects to see if the trick works. Wall friction content ...

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up. A.I. has added urgency to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of a food additive known as brominated vegetable oil after the agency concluded that it is no longer safe to consume. Brominated vegetable oil ...

The share of friction-related costs in a car constitutes a significant part of operational expenses and can reach 20-30% of total fuel consumption, depending on driving conditions and vehicle ...

The armed services are increasingly turning to additive manufacturing – commonly known as 3D printing – to produce parts on demand, reduce costs, and boost readiness. For example, the Southeast ...

Marking the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future (1985), Michael J. Fox recently went back to the ’80s to reminisce about making the time-travel classic. In his new memoir Future Boy, now available, ...

An Additive Manufacturing machine from MELD Manufacturing Corporation, Christiansburg, Virginia, USA, has been installed at Sydney Manufacturing Hub’s Metallurgical Facility for Solid State Additive ...

Starting this fall, Texas schools will no longer serve lunches containing certain food additives that have raised health concerns. The new law, SB 314, targets ingredients like brominated vegetable ...

Animal studies suggest that some food additives, such as artificial colorants and sweeteners, emulsifiers, and antimicrobial preservatives, could be harmful to gut health. A recent review published in ...

The grass tennis courts of Wimbledon are among the most recognizable in the world. But despite its fame, grass is one of the rarest surfaces on which tennis is played today; many tennis fans and ...