"Don’t touch the art!" It’s a caution we’ve heard since childhood, along with admonitions to speak softly while visiting museums, where — in seeming paradox — an alarm shatters the church-like quiet ...

This University of Missouri-developed structured lattice-type material protects against damage from mechanical energy waves, steering them around objects that it encloses. Harry Potter acolytes are ...

Since the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens first debated the nature of light, scientists have been puzzling over whether light is best viewed as a wave or a particle—or perhaps, ...

Within the fields of everyday carry and travel security, the zipper lock is a category whose core structure has rarely been reexamined. For decades, most designs have relied on keys or simple ...

Can new polymer materials in football helmets reduce the concussion risk? How do we use the wind ripping across the prairie for the good? What is the atmospheric fallout of seasonal wildfires in the ...

Mechanical engineers work with materials from the nanoscale to airplanes and rockets. They are involved in creating and improving mechanical systems such as self-driving cars, aerial drones, the ...

Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest branches of engineering, dating back to when the first wheels were put to practical use by mounting them on an axle to make a cart. Throughout recorded ...

The graduate programs in mechanical engineering from Drexel Engineering engages students in learning and research at the forefront of mechanical engineering. Students graduate prepared for careers in ...