A lab mistake led to self-forming spiral patterns on metal surfaces, revealing chemical-mechanical interactions.

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong left a sample out by mistake. It was a small chip made of germanium, topped with thin layers ...

A strange swirl in the sky seen over much of Britain and Europe this week wasn’t the result of alien activity but rather a ...

Beautiful spiral patterns had been etched ... The research suggests that the metal's preexisting tension or compression determines the shapes that emerge. Thus, two processes, one chemical and ...

Using heat-activated nitinol metal, researchers have devised a reversible, shape-shifting, conical spiral antenna that needs ...