Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after ...
Electronic nematicity is a phase of some crystalline solids in which electrons' collective properties, such as charge or spin ...
Symmetry attracts us. Studies comparing people’s reactions to different faces have shown, for example, that they find highly symmetrical faces more attractive than less symmetrical faces. The symmetry ...
Reflective symmetry is when a shape can be folded in half, with either side of the fold being a mirror image of the other. Rotational symmetry is when a shape can be rotated and it still looks the ...
Theorists address an experimental paradox by developing a general theory uniting a kind of order known as electronic ...
The 2008 Abel Prize was awarded to John Griggs Thompson of the University of Florida and Jacques Tits of the Collège de France for their contributions to group theory, the mathematical field that ...