Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
Honored for highly innovative and creative work in computational modeling
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.
Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, but systems are needed to keep it clean.
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.
Work is broadly applicable to studies of commuting, migration, freight, even epidemics.
On engineering design and the book 'Flexibility in Engineering Design'
China no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says
It’s not just the strength of the silk itself, a new study finds; the silk’s way of stretching and the structure of the whole web help it resist damage.
Coevolution of guest and host lets a virus control its host’s machinery.
Site’s U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users.
In first DES4, Albert-László Barabási explains the concept of scale-free networks using the Web.
Microbes have developed a quick and effective way to exchange genetic information coding for antibiotic resistance, other functions.