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Similar to the wave of human hair in the wind, spins in a solid can also wave under the influence of external perturbations. Such a wave-like collective motion of spins is called a spin wave. Usually, spin waves with a wide ...

Have you ever stared at a cauliflower before preparing it and got lost in its stunningly beautiful pattern? Probably not, if you are in your right mind, but I reassure you it's worth a try. What you'll find is that what at ...

The word chirality comes from the Greek χǫιρ, which means hand. Chiral molecules form a pair of molecules that are each other's mirror images, similarly to our left and right hands. The chirality of molecules in the ...

The term "emotional intelligence" was popularized in the millennial era. It means having the capacity to express emotions and handle human interaction wisely and empathetically. Having this ability allows people to build ...

In NPL's Quantum Materials and Sensors group, we study the nanoscale properties of emerging quantum materials, including graphene, photonic metamaterials, and topological insulators. Recently the pioneering nature of our ...

In the early 1600s, based on astronomical observations, Kepler established that the orbit described by a planet in the solar system is an ellipse, with the sun occupying one of its foci. Assuming that a planet is subject ...

There are only four known species of horseshoe crabs alive today. But the fossil record shows that hundreds of millions of years ago they came in a huge range of shapes and sizes.

From chlorinated chicken to hormone-injected beef, the UK's food supply could soon change for the worse if a series of new trade deals come into force.

Research published today in Nature Microbiology has identified 54,118 species of virus living in the human gut—92% of which were previously unknown.

A coronavirus may have swept across East Asia more than 20,000 years ago, leaving traces in the DNA of people in modern China, Japan and Vietnam. Our research, published in Current Biology, found evidence of genetic adaptation ...

The relationship between structure and function is of interest in many research fields involving the study of complex biological processes. For example, it is challenging to infer the function of a protein by looking at its ...

Much of the brittle, upper crust of Venus is broken into fragments that jostle and move—and the slow churning of Venus' mantle beneath the surface might be responsible. My colleagues and I arrived at this finding using ...