In theory, researchers can characterize a curved surface by the Gaussian curvature – which is the vector product of the maximum and minimum principal curvatures at a point. For example, a sheet of ...

Engineers detail new technology that allows them to build complex mechanisms into the exterior of a structure without taking up any actual space below the surface. This new class of mechanisms, called ...

A newly derived set of differential equations provides a numerical solution to the classic question of predicting the shape of a Möbius strip. To explain the notion of a developable strip it will be ...

(PROVO, UT, Feb. 13, 2019) It took just over 10 years, but real science has finally caught up to the science fiction of Iron Man's transforming exoskeleton suit. In a paper published today in Science ...

Real science has finally caught up to the science fiction of Iron Man’s transforming exoskeleton suit. In a paper published today in Science Robotics, engineers at Brigham Young University detail new ...