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Polyoxometalates (POMs) look like tiny, perfectly ordered mandalas—complex molecular cages made of metal and oxygen atoms.

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Macalester graduate Dr. Neal Barnard’s lawsuit was dismissed this week but he plans to refile the case. The lawsuit a ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...