Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects has reached completion on the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, more than three decades after plans for the project were announced. Sprawled across a ...

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The genome provides the instructions needed for growth, function, and reproduction. In geometry, an icosahedron is a solid with twenty equilateral triangular faces. Many viruses package their genome ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, around their genomes — a process that, while messy ...

These innovative designs promote ease in a variety of ways. By Yelena Moroz Alpert This article is part of our Design special section about new design solutions for healthy living. Products for ...

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has been puzzling scholars for centuries. Da Vinci, who was not only a famous artist but also an inventor, engineer, and scientist studying subjects like human ...

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About a decade ago Tonan Kamata, now a mathematician at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), stood mesmerized in front of a math museum’s origamilike exhibit. It featured a ...

Mathematicians have proven that Henry Dudeney’s 1907 four-piece dissection of an equilateral triangle into a square is optimal. Using matching diagrams, researchers from JAIST and MIT showed that no ...

Succulents and cacti are beautiful indoor plants that a cat can take care of. But while these hard-to-kill plants can survive in any condition, make sure to plant in a nice pot that can be a proud ...