When you hear the term "invent," your mind probably jumps to a new device or an upgrade to an existing one — kind of like the stuff you see at the Consumer Electronics Show. However, every now and ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. Divya Kumar is an education reporter. Reach her at dkumar@tampabay.com.

Buildings lose considerable heating and cooling energy through their windows, so window coatings with low thermal conductivity would improve efficiency. However, finding insulating materials that are ...

Transparent climate action and support is a cornerstone of climate cooperation. It equips countries with an evidence base to better identify needs and prioritise actions, track progress towards ...

Abstract: Continuum robots in flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy require transitioning between flexible and rigid states. Phase-change-material-based variable stiffness (VS) methods exhibit a ...

Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather than blasting them with intense light. Imagine being able to change what a ...

Kayla Velnoskey is a director of research in the Gartner HR practice. She leads research across topics such as leadership, performance, well-being and motivation to understand what helps employees ...

Some octopuses have incredible camouflaging abilities. Victor Micallef via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Octopuses and cuttlefish are sneaky sea creatures. To hide from predators and surprise ...

University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have created a new, transparent insulating material that blocks heat while allowing light to pass through it. Although MOCHI is not yet commercially ...

Phase change materials (PCM) offer high energy density for thermal energy storage (TES), but the power density of PCM-TES devices is often limited by the low heat transfer rate in PCM. A promising ...