Could reality be made of more dimensions than those we perceive? The question has consumed some of the most brilliant physics ...

Stacking dies introduces layers of complexity driven by multi-physics interactions, which must be addressed at the start of ...

Bonnie Tsim is a PhD student in theoretical physics at the Graphene NOWNANO Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Manchester, UK. This post is part of a series on how the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Havok, a middleware software suite best known for its 3D physics engine, is now a Microsoft property. Microsoft purchased the "leading provider of 3D physics" from chipmaker Intel for an undisclosed ...

Can you trust your own eyes? This video might be one strong case for a resounding, “No!” Even after the trick behind the magic is revealed, it’s hard to make your brain parse the truth. Although this ...

Based on radio telescope data and models of black hole physics, a team has used neural networks to reconstruct a 3D image that shows how explosive flare-ups in the disk of gas around our supermassive ...

The creative and attractive desktop replacement app BumpTop is coming to the Mac. Launched last year on Windows, and a CNET Download Best of 2009 app, BumpTop makes desktop items act more like they're ...

In a small lab at Columbia University, researchers are cooking up a revolution—not with pots and pans, but with computer code and 3D printers. Led by Shir Goldfinger, then a summer intern and now a ...

New twist on 3D: images of letters encoded using orbital angular momentum. The top panels show image masks of letters imprinted on transparent films. The bottom panels show the observed 3D images ...