Vinyl and laminate floors are often misunderstood, but with the right product choice and installation, they can be durable and long-lasting. The biggest risks to these floors are mildew and mold, not ...

Once a necessary skill, cooking from scratch is something fewer people are mastering. Processed foods save time but often at the expense of nutrition and the enjoyment that comes from preparing a meal ...

In the field of modern engineering materials, composite geomembrane is an important functional material that is widely used in various infrastructure projects. The Liuzhou region, due to its unique ...

For Nora Langdon, the moment of truth came on the stairs. She was 64 years old. Up to that point, Langdon had lived a largely satisfying life. She’d raised two kids, had good friends, and was in her ...

Root caries occur on exposed root surfaces, which are more vulnerable to demineralization than enamel. The prevalence of root caries is rising sharply due to increased tooth retention in an aging ...

A durable MOF-nanofiber composite overcomes the fragility of reactive materials, enabling real-world systems that capture and break down nerve agents and toxic industrial gases under harsh conditions.

The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space.

For decades, scientists believed Alzheimer’s was driven mainly by sticky protein plaques and tangles in the brain. Now Purdue researchers have revealed a hidden culprit: fat. They found that brain ...

Although there's a clear case for better data governance in the age of AI, many leaders often meet a fair degree of internal resistance to change. Teams may view governance as "compliance theater" or ...

Could the future of rescue missions and exploration lie in the hands—or rather, the flexible movements—of a swarm of lightweight, soft, and intelligent robots? Imagine swarms of soft-bodied robots ...

Excess fat in brain immune cells weakens defenses against Alzheimer’s. Blocking fat storage restored their ability to fight disease. For many years, scientists believed that fat in the brain had ...

A Johns Hopkins University engineer has developed a specialized AI tool that could do for materials scientists what ChatGPT has done for coders and writers. The new system, called ChatGPT Materials ...