The einstein problem: Molecular chirality leads to unexpected aperiodic patterns on metal surfaces
Standing at the intersection between mathematics and the tiler's trade is the so-called einstein problem. Despite its name, ...
‘Poet in the New World’ Review: Czesław Miłosz Crosses Over
A survey of the Polish poet’s work in the late 1940s and early 1950s highlights Miłosz’s attempt to grapple with the ...
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Astronomers Suspect Colliding Supermassive Black Holes Left the Universe Awash in Gravitational Waves
The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...
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Scientists measure the quantum state of electrons for the first time
The photoelectric effect, first explained by Albert Einstein in 1905, laid the foundation for quantum mechanics. It occurs when high-energy light strikes atoms, releasing electrons. This phenomenon is ...
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A visionary who elevated Dhaka University to global renown
Satyendra Nath Bose, more widely known as Satyen Bose, devoted 24 of the best years of his life to Dhaka University. On 1 ...
How Scientific American sacrificed science for progressive politics
Fans of Scientific American might have hoped that activist journalism would leave the magazine along with former editor Laura ...
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97
TAIPEI--Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize ... accolades including the Albert Einstein Award in Science, the ...
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3 physicists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science
Three scientists jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday ... back to a feature of the universe that even baffled Albert Einstein and connects matter and light in a tangled ...