The whole "15-minute city" dream where everything is a short walk away is actually mathematically impossible for most big cities.
Paradigm Challenge arxiv | Mar 13
We watched sticky liquid droplets spontaneously twist themselves into double-helices that look exactly like DNA.
Nature Is Weird arxiv | Mar 13
A messy soup of proteins just organized itself into a "crystal" that literally beats in time like a heart.
Nature Is Weird arxiv | Mar 13
It turns out quantum computers might not actually be any faster than your laptop at figuring out how air and water move.
Paradigm Challenge arxiv | Mar 13
If you hit a common crystal with a laser while squeezing it, you can find a "hidden" state of matter that breaks all the normal rules.
Nature Is Weird arxiv | Mar 13