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This is the selective laser melting process in action.Credit: Image courtesy of Tim Sercombe/University of Western Australia 3-D printing is revolutionizing many areas of manufacturing...

Schematic summary of research findings showing the sequence of slip behavior. Credit: UC Riverside Preparation and good timing enabled Gareth Funning and a team of...

Atomic orbitals of carbon atoms in graphene. Credit: Image courtesy of Vienna University of Technology An electron microscope can't just snap a photo like a...

Researchers have developed hierarchical metallic metamaterial with multi-layered, fractal-like 3-D architectures to create structures at centimeter scales incorporating nanoscale features.Credit: Jim Stroup/Virginia Tech For years,...

Image montage showing the Maunakea Observatories, Kepler Space Telescope, and night sky with K2 Fields and discovered planetary systems (dots) overlaid. An international team...

A research team including a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego climate scientist simulated in a computer model, for...

Artist's rendering of protein fibrils (in blue) and healthy proteins from computer simulations. Credit: Ivan Barun Cambridge researchers have identified – and shown that it...

Schematic illustration of the proposed behaviour of gravity waves in the vicinity of mountainous terrain on Venus. Winds pushing their way slowly across the mountainous...

With more than 14 million Australians now overweight or obese, researchers are warning of the harmful legacy that parental obesity can have on future...

A recent study on the oldest proto turtle, Eunotosaurus (left), suggests the broadening of the ribs in turtles was initially an adaptation for burrowing...

A woman and her son, who live in Chellur, India, walk home with the reverse-osmosis-treated water she bought at Chellur’s community desalination plant.Photo: John...