What do Best Buy, the Blue Man Group and Google X have in common? They've all tapped Elliott Hedman and his sensors to help make their stuff better. Hedman is the founder of the design consultancy ...

A research team has developed a technique that enables the nanoscale observation of heat propagation paths and behavior within material specimens. This was achieved using a scanning transmission ...

This article, part of The Conversation’s series this month on hurricanes, was originally published on The Conversation. The publication contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed ...

A research team including members from the University of Michigan have unveiled a new observational technique that's sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons ...

An observational technique first proposed more than four decades ago to measure the physical parameters of the corona that determine the formation of the solar wind -- the source of disturbances in ...

Scientists have unveiled a new observational technique that's sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons. (Nanowerk News) A research team including members ...

Few observational techniques are capable of simultaneously mapping the shoreline and nearshore sand bars at high resolution and over large distances, especially during storms when waves are large and ...

Hugh Willoughby receives funding from National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He also serves on the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Estimation Methodology ...