Gears without teeth: that's the surprising invention from a team at New York University. This system uses cylinders set in ...

Al Sacco Jr.'s fascination with space led him to a career as a NASA astronaut. His career includes WPI as a department head, ...

Scientists may have uncovered a surprising secret behind why life exists at all. A new study suggests that the Universe’s ...

A new model to predict how language changes over time has been developed by a statistical physicist at the University of ...

Sophisticated new flight simulation software capable of accurately modeling the performance of firefighting helicopters could ...

A freighter carrying nearly seven tons of supplies has made its way to China's Tiangong space station. The robotic Tianzhou ...

Earth's ice is melting. As icebergs break away from glaciers and melt away, the fresh meltwater mixes into its saltwater ...

A study reveals that the flow of water, liquid viscosity, may hold one of the most profound clues to how life originated in ...

From keeping engines cool to ensuring smooth gear shifts, automotive fluids are the unsung heroes of vehicle performance. Understanding their physics, thermodynamics, and hydraulics reveals how small ...

A Harvard study shows that soft materials, like gels and biological tissue, support boat wake-like surface waves. Because wake shape encodes material properties, th ...