Engineering

The use of off-the-shelf components means bad actors can easily look for vulnerabilities

Originally published in January 1914

Butterfly wings contain complex thermodynamic structures that can teach us to make efficient—and colorful—cooling materials

Originally published in May 1862

Originally published in August 1866

Originally published in May 1914

With an international deal in serious jeopardy, Iran is not racing to build nuclear weapons—but its capabilities are growing

Originally published in January 1912

Ice, refrigeration and the technology of chill

Hydrogen, produced from water by surplus electricity, could power industry and the grid

New machine-learning technique can distinguish living bodies from deceased ones 

Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?