Q&A: The science of snowflakes—how hexagonal symmetry and environmental changes create endless designs

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...
Interesting Engineering

AlphaFold and the architecture that cracked protein structure

AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...
C&EN

This molecule conducts charge like a liquid, even when it’s a solid

Chemists have developed a new charge-carrying molecule that possesses liquid-like conductivity even in the solid state ( ...