Manipulating atomic motion could make metals stronger and bendier By Rahul Rao / Published March 18, 2022
This new synthetic tooth enamel is even harder than the real thing By Lauren J. Young / Published February 8, 2022
This material uses a physics trick to keep roofs cool in summer and warm in winter By Rahul Rao / Published December 17, 2021
A new technique reveals how butterfly wings grow into shimmery wonders By Hannah Seo / Published November 23, 2021
How to store 500 terabytes of data on a small but tough glass disc By Shira Feder / Published November 6, 2021
Surprise: Ants have teeth. Here’s how they keep them sharp. By Rahul Rao / Published September 9, 2021
Everything you thought you knew about winter tires but didn’t By Dan Carney / Published December 12, 2020
Can you guess the tiny objects in these zoomed-in photos? By PopSci Staff / Published October 26, 2020
Hemp and maple work together to power these high-end headphones By Stan Horaczek / Published June 15, 2020
These infrared images show just how alive butterflies’ wings are By Molly Glick / Published February 5, 2020
How The North Face uses a spiderweb-like layer in its new jackets to keep you dry By Rob Verger / Published October 17, 2019
This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D By Marion Renault / Published August 8, 2019
How Nike engineered its latest record-breaking marathon shoe By Claire Maldarelli / Published April 24, 2019
Magnets make the Leatherman Free P2 multitool shockingly easy to use one-handed By Stan Horaczek / Published April 24, 2019
It takes more than rubber to make a boot sole that’s less than a millimeter thick By Rob Verger / Published April 5, 2019