MIT engineers have developed a flexible, shape-sensing sheet that digitally reconstructs its own form as it bends and twists.

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Indu Satija celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Douglas Hofstadter’s eponymous, iconic butterfly and explains its enduring, magnetic appeal Each new realization adds another chapter ...

Our family bought MagBuild when our twins were about a year and a half old.We have building blocks at home, but since they ...

Enzymes are often described as molecular machines that recognize and process specific molecules. However, they are not rigid structures. Their shapes can change, affecting how molecules enter, ...

In it, the protagonist, A. Square, who lives in a two-dimensional world, encounters a three-dimensional sphere for the first ...

Using a set of simple integer coordinates, independent mathematician Ruslan Mizhaev has found a way to create an 8-faced ...

A 3D shape that can tile 3D space, leaving no gaps and never forming a repeating pattern, has been discovered using an AI ...

This article was produced by Harvard Business School Working Knowledge and features the insights of faculty member Kadeem Noray. Avery Forman is a senior associate editor at HBS Working Knowledge. She ...

The study of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials, in which twisting layers create moiré superlattices, has created opportunities for investigating topological phases and strongly correlated physics ...

A mathematical shape that drew global attention for solving a decades-old puzzle is now revealing an unexpected connection to physics. Researchers have found that structures based on the shape can ...