Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, ...

Symmetry is very important in nature, as it underlies conservation laws. So, when symmetry is broken, there is always ...

Topology is a branch of mathematics that describes properties that only change in steps and not continuously - the properties remain intact when an object is stretched, twisted or defor¬med, but not ...

A topological insulator is an insulating material that allows electric charge to flow along its boundary in spin-polarized channels that are topologically protected from impurity scattering. The ...

Before coming to Smith, Patricia Cahn was a Hans Rademacher Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. Her research is in ...

A Princeton team uncovered a surprising chiral quantum state in a supposedly non-chiral material, shedding light on elusive ...

Chirality — the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image — has long captivated scientists across biology, chemistry, and physics ...