Articles by Yuen Yiu
Scientists use something that comes from space to peer into large objects like pyramids
New fabrication technique using porous graphene may result in cheaper and better capacitors in the future.
The operating principles of ordinary magnetic stirrers may help create better microfluidic pumps for applications ranging from inkjet printing to drug delivery.
Certain types of research and people have been historically underrepresented in the ranks of Nobel winners.
Defects in crystals may be useful for designing spintronic devices, which use the magnetic properties of electrons for processing information.
The physics of tumbling fibers may be useful for applications from paper manufacturing to the study of plankton in the ocean.
With civility and democracy on the line, bots, trolls, and their hunters are waging a cat-and-mouse game on the internet.
The technique could help scientists better understand why certain materials have the properties they do.
A new analysis reveals links between more than 5,000 natural disasters and 1,000 armed conflicts in China’s history.
Studies show the answer is complicated.
Scientists identified the key gene that helps certain rice varieties keep their heads above water.
Theoretical physicists come up with a new way to analyze the firework of signals coming from particle collision experiments.