In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research have developed a novel three-dimensional modeling method that ...

D models of sharks reveal that their body shape scales with geometric precision, supporting a core biological law across size ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

Sharks get a bad rap. Long presented as gigantic, murderous psychopaths of the sea, these fish are in fact vital parts of ...

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks ...

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks ...

A new study has used cutting-edge 3D modeling to confirm that sharks follow the "two-thirds scaling law" almost perfectly, ...

A research team has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions—far beyond volume ...

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is running out — but not the kind that fills lakes, streams and reservoirs.

Surface area and volume . Ice melts at its surface, so the more ice surface that touches your beverage, the more it can cool at one time. Picture a great big ice cube sitting in a glass of liquid.

And this finding also applies in three dimensions: a sphere has the smallest possible surface area compared with its volume. But a spherical beer glass would be unwieldy.