Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the ...

Travel back in time to experience what it was like to be a young apprentice printer. Learn about Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, and how newspapers, books and posters were ...

The 15th century is described by historians as the foundational period for modern history. Events like the Renaissance and Columbus crossing the Atlantic transitioned the West to early modernity. The ...

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unobserved form of molecular ...

In 1959, Volvo’s Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seatbelt for cars and now the Swedes have given the safety device its most radical overhaul in seven decades. Volvo says its new multi-adaptive ...