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.

Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity Marcus du Sautoy. Basic, $32 (400p) ISBN 978-1-541-60569-5 Oxford mathematics professor du Sautoy (Around the World in Eighty Games) offers an impressive ...

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Veronika Koren talks about pursuing a theory of neural coding that doesn’t fit a simple narrative, and the resilience it took to see it through.

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Dr Baek Jin Eon, 31, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study, has demonstrated that no shape larger than ...

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