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Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The challenge: the process seemed random and notoriously difficult to predict.

One of the great successes of 20th-century physics was the quantum mechanical description of solids. This allowed scientists to understand for the first time how and why certain materials conduct ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before.

An unexpected mentor happened to referee a high school soccer match she played in – and she spoke with him afterwards to ...

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming ...

New research offers clearer insight into how phase transitions unfold at the atomic scale in real materials. When ice turns into water, the change happens almost instantly. Once the melting ...

IntroductionLegal education in India is not strictly an academic pursuit but an essential part of the justice delivery system ...

AS many as 200 psycho-logy pupils attempted “unethical” experiments, it has emerged. Kids also tried to rope younger children ...

In our last episode before the Oscar nominations, Joel Edgerton describes the transformative experience of making 'Train ...