In an online lecture, a professor mentioned that Einstein could draw or imagine a 4-dimensional figure. How can one possibly do that? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where ...

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A research team has discovered how catalysts and many other nanoplatelets can be produced in an environmentally friendly way from readily available materials and in sufficient quantities. Hydrogen is ...

This week I'd like to share with you an interesting recent paper published in the journal Science. The topic of the paper is DNA origami, which as the name suggests is literally doing origami with ...

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Crows have a sense of geometric intuition much like our own, a new study reveals. They can detect the 'odd one out' in a set of geometric shapes, and have an affinity for geometric regularity – shapes ...

Apple's slimmest iPhone uses a "revolutionary" battery design that allows the cell to fill more space within the device, ...

In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

The book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott explores the concept of physical dimensions through characters who encounter higher-dimensional beings. The protagonist, “A. Square,” ...

If Sharp’s latest display is any indication, car dashboards could soon have LCDs that fit into all kinds of nooks and crannies. The electronics maker has announced a prototype Free-form Display that ...

Hydrogen is considered an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional fossil fuels. Until now, expensive and rare substances such as platinum have been needed for its catalytic production, ...