Ishikawa, Japan -- Kanazawa gold leaf is a traditional Japanese material known for its remarkable thinness, just 100 nanometers—about 1/1,000 the diameter of a human hair—and its brilliant shine. Made ...

In a recent Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem pre-release 1 version, the leaves' textures received a major change. Previously, the low-graphics leaves had shadow textures, while the new ones do not.

A strange leaf has inspired a new type of material that can affect the flow of liquids. The scaly texture of the leaf forces fluids with different properties to flow in opposite directions – even if ...

Most of the regular readers of these columns know I am a tropical nut. I can identify with Jimmy Buffet's lyrics: "I have a Caribbean soul I can barely control." With that thought in mind, I probably ...