Symmetry is one of the most fundamental concepts in nature, and it can give rise to profound and wide-reaching physical effects. A one-dimensional wire, for example, has a different symmetry and very different mechanical ...
General Physics
Aug 29, 2014
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Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value.
General Physics
Aug 21, 2014
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Many physical systems, from superfluids to pi mesons, are understood to be manifestations of spontaneous symmetry breaking, whereby the symmetries of a system are not realized by its lowest energy state. A consequence of ...
General Physics
Aug 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from several universities in the U.K. has found there is no link between facial symmetry in young people and good health. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal ...
The research team of Professor Takasada Shibauchi and Assitant Professor Yuta Mizukami in the Department of Advanced Materials Science at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences and Professor Yuji Matsuda ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides. This sheds light on a debate over the ...
Superconductivity
May 23, 2014
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Sponges are usually considered to be the oldest living animals, having evolved before all other groups. The simplicity of their body structure and tissue organization has for many years made them candidates for the ancestral ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2014
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(Phys.org) —From super-lubricants, to solar cells, to the fledgling technology of valleytronics, there is much to be excited about with the discovery of a unique new two-dimensional semiconductor, rhenium disulfide, by ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2014
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We live in a three-dimensional world. Despite the many benefits this presents, it also makes for a complicated math problem, according to Northeastern associate professor of mathematics Ivan Loseu. The best a path to a solution, ...
Mathematics
Mar 12, 2014
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From matching wings on butterflies to the repeating six-point pattern of snowflakes, symmetries echo through nature, even down to the smallest building blocks of matter. Since the discovery of quarks, the building blocks ...
General Physics
Feb 5, 2014
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