If all the sensible backyard chicken coops, solar-paneled fences and low-water gardens of modern day living have made you long for a dash of glamour — even, dare we say, decadence — you’re in luck. Or ...

WHILE reading the literature on diffraction of X-rays, I came across interesting photographs of X-ray patterns for a few metallic foils—aluminium, cadmium, copper, lead, silver, thallium, tin, zinc, ...

Forget far-flung souvenirs. Metallic décor, one of the year’s biggest design trends, is every bit as effective at summoning a sense of place. Think: hammered copper suggestive of Moroccan lanterns, ...