Deep underground beneath the border of France and Switzerland rests the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider. The 17-mile-around ring of superconducting magnets was ...

If you were fascinated by marble runs as a kid, then you'll want to take a look at a new machine created by artist Niklas Roy. The Pneumatic Sponge Ball Accelerator is an interactive installation that ...

Innovas Technologies President Chuck Dirks stands in the Modern Piping plant Feb. 9 in Cedar Rapids, where his company’s Helios Tube Cleaning System is assembled. The Coralville company’s technology ...

[Niklas] told us about his newest art project that he is calling a Pneumatic Sponge Ball Accelerator. This isn’t a home workshop type of project, it is a full fledged art exhibit displayed at the ...

Niklas Roy has always been fascinated with machines. As a child, the German artist would build alarm systems for his bedroom door---a precautionary measure to keep his brother out of his room. It was ...

UCLA police, who were called on to handle some of the nation’s largest campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war last spring, are asking for approval to double their stockpile of pepper balls and ...