After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

Recently, there’s been discussion – and some frustration – on social media about what’s being said (and who’s saying it) about SEO, GEO, and whatever comes next. Some of that criticism has been ...

The DRIVER module is one of two drivers (also see documentation on STEPPER) to perform a geometry optimization function on the molecule defined by input using the GEOMETRY directive. Geometry ...

A dipole moment of positive and negative wedge disclinations—the “the other side of the coin” of a single edge dislocation indicated by the replacement of affine connections. The inverted “T” marks ...

Can you imagine the imprint a four-dimensional hexagon might leave as it passes through your three-dimensional kitchen table? Probably not, but some people can. One such person was mathematician ...

Physicists recently mapped the hidden shape that underlies the quantum behaviors of a crystal, using a new method that’s expected to become ubiquitous. Famously, at the quantum scale, particles can be ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a ...

A cutting-edge design platform for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) now allows engineers to simultaneously optimize mechanical and electronic components using a genetic algorithm. By introducing ...

Abstract: The optimization of radar cross section (RCS) is now a significant issue in the designation of military and civilian equipment. Comparing with the expensive material approaches, changing the ...

Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study. It's the first ...