Throughout the year, the stars of the Pottsville celestial dome make up a plethora of pictures and patterns. Most of what we see are the individual constellations that were used by ancient cultures as ...

Symmetry abounds in nature, often in its most beautiful forms. A perfect snowflake, a blooming sunflower, a light-harvesting complex from a bacterium—they all exhibit striking symmetry, crafted by ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Symmetry also has an aesthetic meaning, although this is ...

Being responsible dog owners, my wife and I take our little Nellie on a walk every day. The exercise is good for all of us, but there are only so many routes we can take around and out of our ...

The American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics this month awarded the 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics to Carl M. Bender of Washington University in St. Louis .

Supersymmetry in a three-dimensional topological superconductor: Ising magnetic fluctuations (denoted by red arrows) at the boundary couple to the fermions (blue cone). UC Santa Barbara physicist ...

Facial symmetry is sexy, but perhaps not for the reasons scientists had long thought. Humans have such a strong preference for faces and bodies that are symmetrical that evolutionary psychologists and ...

There's beauty in the world of condensed matter physics, if you know where to look. Physicist Alan Tennant found it in the transitions between quantum states of cobalt ions cooled to temperatures near ...