Day: 20 April 2024

The flow of electrical current in the bottom crystalline slab (representing WTe2) breaks a mirror symmetry (shattered glass), while the material itself breaks the other mirror symmetry (cracked glass). The...

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter celebrated its 25,000th orbit by capturing a stunning high-altitude image of Mars, featuring the Tharsis region and Phobos. Over two decades, the mission has extensively mapped...

Researchers at EPFL discovered an unexplained “Rule of Four” in electronic structure databases, where many materials’ unit cells consist of multiples of four atoms. Despite thorough investigation, no clear cause...