"Don’t touch the art!" It’s a caution we’ve heard since childhood, along with admonitions to speak softly while visiting museums, where — in seeming paradox — an alarm shatters the church-like quiet ...

Since the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens first debated the nature of light, scientists have been puzzling over whether light is best viewed as a wave or a particle—or perhaps, ...

This University of Missouri-developed structured lattice-type material protects against damage from mechanical energy waves, steering them around objects that it encloses. Harry Potter acolytes are ...

Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest branches of engineering, dating back to when the first wheels were put to practical use by mounting them on an axle to make a cart. Throughout recorded ...

Mechanical engineers work with materials from the nanoscale to airplanes and rockets. They are involved in creating and improving mechanical systems such as self-driving cars, aerial drones, the ...