Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her ...

THz waves, located in the far-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, can be used to perform non-invasive imaging through opaque materials for security and quality control applications.

I'm watching a black disc of wonder material hovering over a bubbling bath of liquid nitrogen. "This is superconducting magnetic levitation," says magnet scientist Greg Brittles. "The closest you ...

Unlike conventional methods, the manufacturing process of the 2D polymer is highly scalable.

Texas’ use of computers to score written answers on the state standardized test is under scrutiny in Dallas ISD.(Ben Sklar / The New York Times) Texas’ use of computers to score written ...

The interlocked material contains 100 trillion mechanical bonds per 1 square centimeter -- the highest density of mechanical bonds ever achieved. Small amounts of the mechanically interlocked ...

Recently, reading “Some Lines Written in Clare Priory Yard,” by G.C. Waldrep, I recognized a Heidegger reference: “I am,/in these moments, at the center of the world worlding.” I might ...

Materials innovation is one of the key drivers of major technological breakthroughs. The discovery of lithium cobalt oxide in the 1980s laid the groundwork for today’s lithium-ion battery technology.

A new study examines ways that carbon could be used as a key ingredient in building materials—particularly biomass plastics and cement. Obstacles still remain, as some of these technologies are ...