Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about. In the early 1800s, William Rowan Hamilton discovered a new kind of ...

Researchers uncover geometric principles governing how particles self-assemble, solving a long-standing challenge in ...

In the 1980s, the US was constructing the Texas Superconducting Super Collider. It was designed to collide protons together so that scientists could study how gluons, which hold the quarks in protons ...

How does a rat know its position in a maze? The key lies in the hippocampus, where particular neurons called place cells communicate with each other to help the animal sense where it is. A standard ...