Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading ...

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

In this paper, we present the TacShade: a newly designed 3D-printed soft optical tactile sensor. The sensor is developed for shape reconstruction under the insp ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

Watch this adorable 3D pony cake come to life with expert cake carving and vibrant buttercream coloring! From sculpting the perfect shape to piping on every colorful detail, this sweet creation is ...

OSAKA, Japan >> No longer confined to the imagination, the food of the future is available to see and even eat at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo. The Expo features visionary culinary innovations ...

A new imaging technique developed by MIT researchers could enable quality-control robots in a warehouse to peer through a ...

Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in organisms - without which life would not be possible. Leveraging AlphaFold2 artificial ...

Inspired by coral and sea stars, this porous concrete uses fossil algae and advanced geometry to cut emissions and support ...

Marine scientists have long marveled at how animals like fish and seals swim so efficiently despite having different shapes.

For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

In a preprint paper shared via the arXiv, scientists in Slovenia announce that they managed to 3D print a tiny elephant ...