Ancient Greek mathematicians – most notably Plato - classified solid shapes thousands of years ago. Since then, remarkably few geometric ‘solid’ forms have been discovered and the last collection was ...

"Creating complex polyhedra implies practical realization of these projected applications due to maximization of encapsulable volumes while preserving small pore size. Current strategies preclude the ...

Biochemists have coaxed a protein to assemble into a snub-cube-shaped cage. Snub cubes, which have 38 faces—6 squares and 32 equilateral triangles—are one of the 13 Archimedean solids, first described ...