From the burning of wood to the ways drugs work, the properties and behaviour of matter are governed by the way chemical elements bond with one another. The intricate electronic structures of the ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new initiative has been launched to spur interest in designing and building with mass timber. The Michigan Mass Timber Catalyst Program will encourage mass timber construction ...

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the ...

SMCSGS-FS 69 became the first observational evidence of a star caught in a predicted but never-seen-before evolutionary phase ...

Researchers at Tohoku University used the Digital Hydrogen Platform - which combines data from over five thousand meticulously curated experimental ...