Owing to their size, colloidal particles are an interesting model system for condensed matter, because Brownian motion ensures that the phase behaviour is analogous to that of atomic and molecular ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A woman's girlfriend and the girlfriend's mother beat the woman's 3-year-old boy with a plastic rod and then threw him across a room because he drank milk from a jug, authorities said ...

Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late 1980s. In their place are elaborate but flimsy plastic covers hiding stamped steel impact beams—with a swath of Styrofoam ...

Hongik University graduate Jihye Kang built her Purity furniture from acrylic and stainless steel as an exploration of the refractive effects that can be achieved with simple materials and shapes.