University of British Columbia (UBC) scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a ...

When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents ...

A new study finds the human brain moves through five major developmental eras, marked by key turning points from childhood to ...

According to Nature.com, scientists identified four major topological turning points across a lifespan: around 9 years old, ...

Studying complex systems, such as the movement of robots on a factory floor, the motion of air over a wing, or the effectiveness of a security network, can present huge challenges. Mathematician ...

A joint research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the University of Tokyo discovered an unusual topological aspect of sodium chloride, commonly known as table ...

Researchers at National Taiwan University have uncovered, for the first time at atomic resolution, how the human proteasome ...

Real-world materials are usually messier than the idealized scenarios found in textbooks. Imperfections can add complications and even limit a material's usefulness. To get around this, scientists ...

A new study highlights five key eras of human brain development, and they don’t align with age quite as one might expect.