DNA origami, a fascinating technology that uses algorithms to design self-assembling 2- and 3D nanostructures using DNA helices, has added a new member to its growing catalog: multilayered ...

Creating your own company graphics and marketing collateral is possible using Adobe Illustrator, and it doesn't take a professional graphic designer to learn the program's basic features. In addition ...

A mathematical discovery opens up new possibilities for architecture and design: For any desired curved surface a flat grid of straight bars can be calculated that can be folded out to the desired ...

A lattice structure, originally printed flat, has morphed into the outline of a human face. CREDIT: Lori K. Sanders Researchers have succeeded in 4D-printing material lattices that can shape-morph ...

Research by scientists into why some bacteria have different shapes has found that a curved shape can make it easier to find food. The findings pose questions around whether disease-causing bacteria ...

The shape of the universe is one of the most important questions in cosmology, with far-reaching implications, up to and including the ultimate fate of the cosmos. For decades, we've been measuring ...