Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. One of the more farcical elements of a typical NFL game is when the ...

Not so long ago, supply chain disruptions were limited to a dockyard strike or a storm off the Atlantic Coast. Now vulnerabilities are everywhere: A pandemic shuts down entire factories, tariffs shift ...

NEW YORK – Usually, physics research starts with a known problem. There are surprises, of course, but they don’t often come from Internet videos, as happened with the case of the mysterious chain ...

Stored energy: Rendition of a system that combines polymeric nitrogen (blue chain) and carbon nanotube (clear spheres). (Courtesy: Heba Megahd) From TNT to nitro-glycerine, nitrogen-rich compounds are ...

A chain of beads can defy gravity, acting like water spouting from a fountain, and now physicists reveal the secret behind this odd phenomenon. The findings could have surprising implications for ...

A wide variety of polymer materials — such as bulk phases, blends, block copolymer microphases, liquid crystals, gels, micellar assemblies, colloidal dispersions and layer-by-layer assemblies — are ...

The rationality of scientific concept formation in theory transitions, challenged by the thesis of semantic incommensurability, can be restored by the "Chains of Meaning" approach to concept formation ...