UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally left out overnight. The layered sample consisted of a germanium wafer ...

Vik Olliver] has been extending the lower resolution limits of 3D printers with the RepRapMicron project, which aims to print ...

A team of physicists at UCLA has uncovered a strange and unexpected phenomenon—spiral patterns forming spontaneously on solid surfaces. The discovery, which began with a simple mistake in the lab, is ...

Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or local makerspace, this technique for depositing thin films of metals in ...

Let's explore best practices for designing with PCE, highlighting how the process encourages new thinking in product ...

Some enzymes can chew through synthetic polymers. Researchers would like to harness this ability to etch channels, trenches, and holes into biocompatible materials as a way to fabricate drug delivery ...

Your Teflon frying pan might make it slightly easier to make an omelet, but the chemical coating can also have the unpleasant side effect of emitting toxic fumes if it gets too hot. It’s also not ...