Video by Sarah Joseph and Jon Betz, Smithsonian Digital Studio; Text by Megan Gambino Benjamin Franklin invented swim flippers when he was 12 years old. Frank Epperson, age 11, conceived of the ...

Harris contributed seven points (2-6 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 3-4 FT), seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks over 22 minutes during Thursday's 117-95 victory over Washington. Harris played a secondary role ...

Self-assembly is the process by which an organized structure spontaneously forms from individual components, as a result of specific, local interactions among the components. When the constitutive ...

In the olden days — a mere 20 years ago — people talked about hard colloidal particles and soft vesicles or micelles, which covered all sizes from the micrometre to the nanometre regime. Now we talk ...

Moore will sign a two-way contract with the Pistons, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports. The Pistons announced Tuesday that Stewart has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left calf strain and will be ...