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A new theoretical model may help explain the shocking onset of superconductivity in stacked, twisted carbon sheets.

The universe of problems that a computer can check has grown. The researchers’ secret ingredient? Quantum entanglement.

Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth of chaos theory. Their previously untold story illustrates the changing status of computation in science.

Mathematicians used “magic functions” to prove that two highly symmetric lattices solve a myriad of problems in eight- and 24-dimensional space.

A new experiment confirms the existence of “superionic ice,” a bizarre form of water that might comprise the bulk of giant icy planets throughout the universe.

Your expectations shape and quicken your perceptions. A new model that explains the effect suggests it’s time to update theories about sensory processing.

The stunning emergence of a new type of superconductivity with the mere twist of a carbon sheet has left physicists giddy, and its discoverer nearly overwhelmed.

Promising efforts at disentangling the effects of genes and the environment on complicated traits may have been confounded by statistical problems.

Researchers are beginning to understand the ways in which viruses strategically manipulate and cooperate with one another.