The next time you come across a knotted jumble of rope or wire or yarn, ponder this: The natural tendency for things to tangle may help explain the three-dimensional nature of the universe and how it formed.
General Physics
Oct 16, 2017
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The universe can be a very sticky place, but just how sticky is a matter of debate.
General Physics
Jun 30, 2015
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A new study by Johan Cassel Pegelow, Assistant Professor of Finance at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, examines the racial diversity, or rather lack thereof, within the private capital industry.
Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2023
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Cotton candy machines may hold the key for making life-sized artificial livers, kidneys, bones and other essential organs.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2016
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New research published in Public Opinion Quarterly reveals a correlation between the number of times President Donald Trump repeated falsehoods during his presidency and misperceptions among Republicans, and that the repetition ...
Political science
Sep 19, 2023
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Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash.
Nanomaterials
May 23, 2018
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Don't look now, but the pronoun "I" is becoming obsolete.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 19, 2015
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Just imagine: An optical lens so powerful that it lets you view features the size of a small virus on the surface of a living cell in its natural environment.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 11, 2017
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These days graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has an Achilles heel: It is exceptionally sensitive to its electrical environment.
Nanomaterials
Mar 13, 2012
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists has worked out a way to make electric vehicles that are not only carbon neutral, but carbon negative, capable of actually reducing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide as they operate.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 2, 2016
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