These honeycomb cells are hexagons because that’s the shape that uses the least amount of material while holding the most weight. Honey is considered “ready” when its water content is at or ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Chandlor Jordan heads back to the beehive in the newest episode of “Moment of Science.” After breaking down the world of bees, we are turning our attention to the sugary ...

Intelligence—natural or artificial—may be a matter of geometric structure, not temporal sequence, challenging how we ...

Australian stingless bees' honeycombs inspire sustainable engineering methods. Researchers study their complex architecture for future applications.

Researchers engineer a new class of microlattice materials with enhanced stiffness-to-density ratios and giant negative ...

Metallic hydrogen was predicted on theoretical grounds as long ago as in 1935. Since then, scientists around the world have ...

The mastoid has a honeycomb-like structure. Bacteria can enter and infect these air cells. Mastoiditis is more ... A cancerous lump will often grow and change in shape or color over time.

New research from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has shed light on how plants precisely control ...

Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to carting protein instructions to disposing of cellular garbage. These highways ...

New research has shed light on how plants precisely control their growth and development, revealing that seemingly similar molecular components fulfill surprisingly different jobs.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions—an advance that could equip scientists with the ability ...