The U.S. relies on bunkers to store nuclear bombs, but new mobile vaults would secure them at locations far from hardened ...

Security-checkpoint scanners could flag you for something you can't pack—or even prevent. Here's what you need to know.

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Investigating chromatin's 3D architecture reveals its influence on gene regulation, shedding light on mechanisms underlying cancer and muscular dystrophy.

Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo Statistically, "the real behavior of a rolling object is largely a function of its geometry." ...

The tomography gave us a 3D view of the cristae. Some mitochondria in the hearts of the sick mice had jagged, highly irregular cristae—the unhealthy look I had been seeing in the 2D pictures.

3D Computer Vision algorithms are a subject of research and application for several industrial processes. The Volume of Interest (VOI) usually refer to sub-objects with basic shapes for computing ...

A robotic 3D printer extrudes concrete in layered, intricate channels. Sara Pezeshk, CC BY-SA Swirling shapes, shaded grooves Unlike the flat, lifeless surfaces of typical concrete seawalls, each ...

This compact, shape-shifting vise adjusts its grip to clamp on irregularly-shaped objects securely, with even pressure. It also turns inside-out.

Dwarf galaxies come in an array of different shapes. On one hand you have spheroid dwarf galaxies, spiral dwarf galaxies and elliptical dwarf galaxies, and on the other you have irregular dwarf ...

Extracting local features from 3D shapes is an important and challenging task that usually requires carefully designed 3D shape descriptors. However, these descriptors are hand-crafted and require ...