Gadgetry and clever engineering quietly transform how military forces operate. These gadgets deliver subtlety, enable surveillance and control, and give a handful of people an outsized advantage. They ...

An overview of Pei Zhong’s work over the past several decades reveals how fundamental engineering research — often done far from the clinic — plays a critical role in shaping safer, more effective ...

In an era where software moats erode overnight, we are drawn to businesses fortified by hardware, patents, approvals and 20 yrs of research ...

In physics, a shock wave results when forces change the world faster than is can respond smoothly.  The January, 2025 Los Angeles fires created a cultural shock wave. In the new book ...

Commercial aviation used to get faster, but Concorde was retired in 2003, and the world’s passenger planes quietly slowed ...

A nuclear escalation in the Middle East would trigger a global catastrophe. Know the physics behind nuclear weapons, and the ...

The next asteroid won’t come with a warning siren. What happens after it’s discovered could determine everything.

Indian scientists have captured the birth of a powerful solar shock wave using Aditya-L1. The breakthrough could improve space weather forecasting and protect satellites, GPS and communication systems ...

"The screeching sound of peeling tape consists of a train of weak shocks that are generated when the transverse fracture ...

Researchers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have identified a vibrant, rainbow-like shock wave surrounding a dead star that technically should not exist. The ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave as it moves through space, leaving them ...