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Science News
February 7, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Turning a Snowball Inside Out Turning a sphere inside out without allowing any sharp creases along the way is a tricky mathematical maneuver. Carving an intricate snow sculpture depicting a crucial step in this twisty transformation presents its own difficulties.   |
Science News
April 26, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Recycling Topology On the topology of an interesting form: the recycling symbol |
Science News
December 20, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Sculpting with a Twist Japanese artist Keizo Ushio's fascinating sculptures provide a vivid introduction to the unsuspected intricacies of slicing bagels and cutting Mobius bands. |
Science News
February 8, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
A Graceful Sculpture's Showy Snow Crash Brent Collins has spent more than two decades carving gracefully curvaceous sculptures out of wood. Collins is not a mathematician, yet his intuition and aesthetic sense have led him to explore patterns and shapes that have an underlying mathematical logic. |
Science News
November 1, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Strolling Down Mobius Lane The geometry of the Mobius band has great potential as an architectural form -- one that is difficult to investigate even with the aid of digital technologies. |
Science News
July 28, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Twist on the Mobius Band Researchers work out the shape of a paper strip. |
Science News
September 2, 2000 |
Mobius at Fermilab A description of three-dimensional variants of the Mobius band and mathematical forms in art. |
Science News
May 20, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius at the Shopping Mall A shopping mall near Caltech in Pasadena, California, features a giant Mobius strip disguised as a public bench created by conceptual artist and architect Vito Acconci. |
Science News
July 8, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius and his Band Discovered in a purely mathematical context, the Mobius strip is the best known of the various toys of topology. Since its discovery in the 19th century, it has also achieved a life of its own beyond mathematics---in magic, science, engineering, literature, music, and art... |
Science News
February 16, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
A Snowy Twist Snow-sculpture of mathematical shapes. |
Chemistry World
October 3, 2010
Manisha Lalloo |
DNA origami with a twist Researchers in the US have designed and synthesised a nanoscale Mobius strip out of DNA origami. |
Science News
February 22, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Tangled Task of Distinguishing Knots Unlike a knotted piece of rope, a mathematical knot has no free ends. In this context, a knot is a one-dimensional curve that winds through itself in three-dimensional space, finally catching its tail to form a closed loop. |
Science News
October 13, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Tangled Tale A jostled string forms knots quickly and there is an entire branch of mathematics devoted to understanding the formation of these knots. |
Science News
June 9, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius Accordion Artist Susan Happersett of Jersey City, N.J., has come up with a novel twist on the venerable Mobius strip: a playful, eye-catching creation she describes as a Mobius accordion... |
Science News
December 24, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
A Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities New technologies have made it possible to create 3D models of geometric shapes, magically transforming equations into elegant, intriguing miniatures. |
Science News
May 25, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Crystal Mobius Physicists in Japan have come up with a technique for twisting a crystalline ribbon of niobium selenide into a Mobius strip. |
This Old House
April 12, 2000
Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk |
Knots Homeowners Should Know Unless you're a sailor or Boy Scout, there are only five knots you need to know how to tie. |
Chemistry World
July 6, 2012
Laura Howes |
Mobius molecules with a twist Glasgow-based chemists have managed to make a chiral molecule from achiral starting materials by using a simple Mo 4O 8 unit to introduce a twist to the cluster and turn it into a Mobius strip. |
AskMen.com
March 7, 2003
Chris Rovny |
Your Guide To Tying A Tie There are well over a dozen different tie knots, including the diagonal, the Shelby (a.k.a. the Pratt) and the Onassis, just to name a few. Here are detailed directions for three of the most popular knots: the four-in-hand, the half-Windsor, and the Windsor. |
Science News
October 31, 2008
Julie Rehmeyer |
Unknotting Knot Theory New techniques are beginning to unravel the mysteries of knots, revealing a great mathematical superstructure in the process |
Chemistry World
October 9, 2014
Katrina Kramer |
Largest Mobius molecule synthesized Researchers from Korea and Japan have put a new twist on aromaticity, synthesizing the largest Mobius aromatic molecule to date. |
Science News
November 17, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Video That's Worth a Million Words Award-winning video reveals the simplicity and beauty of an abstract mathematical tool. |
