Sonar images collected from the seafloor northwest of Cuba show a cluster of straight-edged, geometric forms sitting roughly ...

Some animals carry patterns so precise and mathematically exact that scientists struggle to explain how nature produced them ...

A quiet transformation is unfolding in the way scientists design the materials that power modern technology. From faster ...

A joint research team has developed an automated design technology that enables the creation of DNA origami structures that ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Augmented-reality glasses and near-eye microdisplays need tightly packed light-emitting pixels. At that scale, a pattern can fail even when it looks correctly drawn. A narrow ...

Catchy rhythms like the tresillo are examples of how our musical perception and preference negotiate between simplicity and ...

By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly vital to everyday activities across diverse sectors of society, from AI assistants to autonomous vehicles to healthcare. But ...

The internet spent two decades teaching people they could be anyone. You picked a username, typed in an email, and the ...

When and where the next large earthquake will strike remains one of the most difficult questions in geoscience. Researchers ...

There’s a 23-mile stretch of road in Virginia that exists in a sort of time warp, blissfully free from the usual roadside ...

Automation in the food industry has accelerated in recent years, driven by demographic shifts, labor shortages, and ...