When an automobile’s engine is improperly lubricated, it can be a major hit to the pocketbook and the environment. For the average car, 15 percent of the fuel consumption is spent overcoming friction ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) How often have you crumpled a sheet of paper in frustration and thrown it into the bin without further thought? You'll be amazed to hear that researchers – inspired by a trash can ...

While working on his doctoral thesis at Harvard University over the last few years, Omer Gottesman spent a lot of time at his desk crumpling sheets of paper, especially when he was stuck. He would ...

WHEN you throw out your Christmas wrapping paper this year, don’t tell Narayanan Menon and Anne Dominique Cambou. You’ll be throwing away examples of their painstaking research. That’s because they ...

A crumpled paper ball (left) has fractal properties. The sizes of holes and pores in the paper show self-similarity -- zooming into the bottom right quadrant of the paper (right), the image looks ...

If you've ever uncrumpled a crumpled piece of paper, you may have noticed the creases form in geometric patterns. But you probably didn't! It's a crumpled piece of paper! Well, next time, look closer.