The tension these stitches create can warp a two-dimensional fabric into complex 3D shapes, and predicting the final structure of a knitted project challenges crafters and manufacturers alike.

For many decades, researchers have wanted to know which dimensions can host particularly strange shapes — ones so twisted that they cannot be converted into a sphere through a simple procedure called ...

Astro Shapes, LLC (“Astro Shapes”), a leading manufacturer of custom aluminum extrusions and a Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (“Wynnchurch”) portfolio company, today announced the acquisition of ...

Astro Shapes, a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, has acquired Star, a Canfield, Ohio-based manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. No financial terms were disclosed. Headquartered in ...

Ask someone to name a favorite shape, and they’ll probably choose one of the usual suspects: triangle, circle, maybe a trapezoid. These run-of-the-mill forms take a back seat to more ...

Shapes Fully Loaded Crunchy Hot Chips & Sauce will be available from late April in Coles supermarkets nationwide. Aussie snack seekers can dive into the hot chip potato flavours bursting with ...

A fairly common body silhouette is the apple or the circular or round shape. Apple shapes tend to carry their weight around their midsection, with a big bust and broad shoulders, but their arms ...

Once you understand how certain clouds develop their shapes, you can learn to forecast the weather. Clouds that look like cartoon cotton balls or cauliflower are made up of tiny liquid water ...

Some researchers have already observed how a warming world can drive structural changes, including flakes that melt quicker, fall faster and gravitate toward specific shapes. “Snowflakes are far ...

Did you know there are several types of lip shapes? For too long, I didn’t either. But as it turns out, knowing how to find yours can be a super-useful beauty tool. As a result, she’s seen ...

Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple construction has given them an answer. In 1986, after the space shuttle Challenger ...

One of the oldest and most persistent gender stereotypes is that women are too emotional. This stereotype hurts women’s leadership prospects as they are seen as less fit for leader roles because ...