The relationship between a thin liquid film or drop of liquid and the shape of the surface that it wets is explained with a new simplified mathematical formula. Understanding the precise interaction ...

The back of a tiger could have been a blank canvas. Instead, nature painted the big cat with parallel stripes, evenly spaced and perpendicular to the spine. Scientists don't know exactly how stripes ...

Hybrid electric vehicles, cell phones, digital cameras, and the Mars Curiosity rover are just a few of the many devices that use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Now a team of Penn State ...

Humans and animals detect different stimuli such as light, sound, and odor through nerve cells, which then transmit the information to the brain. Nerve cells must be able to adjust to the wide range ...

Several University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates showed off their communication, programming and mathematical skills earlier this year in the 37th annual Math Contest in Modeling that featured 26 ...

Simpson College students participated in the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) math modeling competition from Jan. 29 to Feb 2. Students from around the world broke into teams to ...