Architect and structural engineer Masoud Akbarzadeh has challenged conventional wisdom by constructing a bridge from a material deemed unsuitable: glass.

With more than 500 bridges crisscrossing the city of Philadelphia, they are an integral part of daily life. In a city defined by its rivers, bridges make possible the connections between people.

When mechanical and structural engineers design machines, bridges, and buildings, they calculate loads, stresses, and ...

Architect Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design at the Univeisity of Pennsylvania led a team of engineers and ...

A team of researchers created Morpho, an open-source programmable environment that enables researchers and engineers to conduct shape optimization and design for soft materials. Applications can be ...

Using ultrasonic waves and a salt bath, a research team has altered the surface of glass. The brand-new method may lead to ...

To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...

Nature helps a lot lower temperature in urban areas. However, it is not always possible to install a park in a city. Green ...

Humans have been chemically modifying their world for far longer than you might think. Long before they had the slightest idea of what was happening chemically, they were turning clay into bricks, ...

The Whole Foods Market in Beverly is allegedly “sinking” due to faulty foundation construction, which has caused extensive ...

Ideal for harsh washdown environments, the Pack 400 HC inspects dairy products packaged in plastic containers, cartons, boxes ...