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With a 3D printer, a laser, and a few drops of dye, researchers have revealed hidden topologies of fluid vortices.

At just the right locations in parameter space, resonant frequencies are ultrasensitive to tiny changes in conditions.

Gelation maintains aberration-preventing protein-density gradients in the cephalopods’ eyes.

The state perseveres in its three-decade-long fight against hosting a national nuclear waste repository as support for the project from the White House and Congress resurges.

Preparing, evaluating, and defending technology patents is an interesting and rewarding career, practitioners say.

Vernon Ehlers, former House member from Michigan, was a strong advocate for improved science education.

When nuclei at particle accelerators just miss each other, the short-range strong force is mitigated and photon interactions come to the fore.

When an extremely influential leader leaves behind little documentation of his work and ideas, memories of the man fill the gap for surviving colleagues.

Quasiparticles of light and matter may be our best hope for harnessing the strange effects of quantum condensation and superfluidity in everyday applications.

Just as an earthquake’s seismic waves reveal properties of Earth’s interior, elastic surface waves on an apple can tell us about what’s going on inside the fruit.