John Toon

A new “zippered tube” origami configuration makes paper structures stiff enough to hold weight yet able to fold flat for easy shipping and storage.

It’s difficult enough to see things in the dark, but if you’re a hummingbird-sized hawkmoth you also have to juggle hovering in midair while tracking a flower that’s moving in the wind.

Startup founders often take great risks to launch their new ventures.

Engineers have demonstrated that a single atomic layer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) can generate an electrical voltage when it’s stretched or compressed.

Astrophysicists are using super computers to simulate the flare that follows after a black hole at the center of a far-away galaxy tears apart a star.

Researchers have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a hydrocarbon produced by trees that could potentially replace high-energy fuels, such as JP-10, in missiles and other aerospace applications.