Scientists discover ultra-weak faults near the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that continued to slip for weeks.

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

A newly designed robust mechanophore provides early warning against mechanical failure while resisting heat and UV, report ...

To extend its reach in the force and strain measurement technology space, sensor supplier Baumer has acquired the Swiss company X-Sensors. For 25 years, X-Sensors has been developing and producing ...

The U.S. Space Force (and the Air Force before it) have been flying the Boeing X-37B spaceplane drone since 2010, demonstrating how advanced vehicles like this could maneuver on orbit and testing out ...

The X-37B's eighth orbital mission will start with a liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The U ...

This video is an introduction to shear force and bending moment diagrams. What are Shear Forces and Bending Moments? Shear forces and bending moments are resultants which are used to conveniently ...

Abstract: The design, fabrication, and characterization of a low profile shear-force sensor for gait analysis is presented. An analytical model is used to estimate the behavior of the sensor. The ...