Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, ...

Deep inside caves, water dripping from the ceiling creates one of nature's most iconic formations: stalagmites. These pillars ...

Polygons play an essential role in 3D modeling, allowing the design of complex objects with great precision. Learn all about ...

Google's Gemini is driving the "Nano Banana" movement, the newest AI fad that is grabbing the attention of social media users everywhere. With just a picture and a brief text cue, users can produce ...

This repository contains code for efficiently fitting parametric SMPL/SMPL+H/SMPL-X human body models to nonparametric 3D vertex and joint locations. The input needs to be in correspondence with the ...

Drawing 3D shapes is a useful skill for students, artists, architects, and anyone interested in visualizing objects more realistically. Unlike flat drawings, 3D shapes show depth, height, and width, ...

In the core of a knitting machine or at the tips of a skilled knitter’s needles, a strand of fiber can be transformed into anything from a delicate scarf to a bulletproof vest. But different knitting ...

Disney‘s CEO Bob Iger has admitted the company’s film slate has struggled in post-pandemic times by focusing too much on quantity and not enough on quality. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, in ...

Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns ...

How a special nitinol compound and 3D printing was used to create the shape-shifting antenna. An overview of materials and heating problems they encountered, and how they overcame them. The test ...