The landscape orientation of computer monitors is perfect for watching YouTube videos or Netflix movies, but not so good for reading PDF or MS Word documents. The latter are best viewed in portrait ...

A slider-crank mechanism is a typical design which converts rotary motion into linear motion. It is achieved by connecting a slider and a crank with a rod. Figure A depicts a mechanism utilized as a ...

BEIJING - A new study finds that Earth’s inner core has temporarily stopped spinning — and now, may actually be reversing directions. Research scientists in China, Yi Yang and Xiaodong Song, told FOX ...

These motions were measured by analyzing 10 years of observations from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Using computer models, the scientists have shown that the newly discovered oscillations ...

Researchers have developed a new theory that explains why tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR)—used in magnetic memory and other technologies—oscillates with changes in the thickness of the insulating ...

“We’ve been arguing about this for 20 years, and I think this nails it,” said Dr. John Vidale, Dean’s Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. Those are his words, a rare ...

Tiny molecular forces at the surface of water droplets can play a big role in laser output emissions. As the most fundamental matrix of life, water drives numerous essential biological activities, ...