Those who follow Nandini Somaya Sampat’s social media posts will mutually agree that it’s an inspiring mix of her achievements as a successful, architect and urban planner, as well as of a serious ...

Inserting easy-to-release slipknots into surgical thread could help surgeons to tie perfect sutures — tight enough to help heal a wound but not so tight that they damage tissue. Researchers worked out ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

HOHENFELS, Germany — Spc. Basil Holland looked on with keen interest this week as a Performance Drone Works C100 quadcopter with an invention of his attached took to the sky carrying four simulated ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness (opens a new tab)” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

Welcome to Knotorious – Master the Ropes Like a Pro! 🧗‍♂️🪢From friction hitches to tree climbing and must-have gear, this is your go-to spot for all things knots and vertical adventure! Whether ...

Why is untangling two small knots more difficult than unravelling one big one? Surprisingly, mathematicians have found that larger and seemingly more complex knots created by joining two simpler ones ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar double helix. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes under certain conditions. One such structure known as a G-quadruplex (G4) looks like a ...

Here on land, the speed of a vehicle is recorded in either miles per hour or kilometers per hour. In either case, determining how fast you're moving on land is fairly simple because you can see ...