Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...

Pros say stone mosaics, wood-look porcelain, and pastels feel dated and impractical. Diagonal, checkerboard, and accent stripe patterns look busy and outdated. Modern bathrooms favor simple, cohesive, ...

Mathematicians have discovered a pattern known as the einstein tile — a single shape that can cover an infinite plane without ever repeating. Long thought impossible, the discovery rewrote what ...

Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all. A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and ...

The Colorado Rockies have finally made a hire. As reported by Bob Nightengale, the move is official and in true Rockies fashion, it is controversial. Paul DePodesta, who was best known as the ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

Abstract: The central pattern generator (CPG) involves a group of neurons that produce rhythmic signals in a coordinated manner. Currently, CPG circuits capable of efficient online programming are ...

CRTs don’t last forever, and neither do the electronics that drive them. When you have a screen starting to go wonky, then you need a way to troubleshoot which is at fault. A great tool for that is a ...