We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The game of golf, as we know it today, comes to us from the Scots, who discovered that their roughed-up balls traveled farther in the air than ...

A team of engineers at the University of Michigan has developed a spherical prototype with dimples that can dynamically adjust in response to airflow, dramatically reducing drag and enabling precise ...

Underwater or aerial vehicles with dimples like golf balls could be more efficient and maneuverable, a new prototype developed at the University of Michigan has demonstrated. Golf ball dimples cut ...

Could the secret to transforming propeller design lie in the dimples of a golf ball? It might sound far-fetched, but the same aerodynamic principles that allow a golf ball to soar farther and faster ...