Scientists used Cosmic Microwave Background data to challenge our understanding of the universe's shape. Here's what they ...

Properties that remain unchanged when materials are stretched or bent, which are broadly referred to as topological ...

Scientists developed a reconfigurable topological photonic system that steers light in real time using optical pumping, ...

Light that twists as it travels and materials whose internal order is knotted like a pretzel are starting to collide in the ...

A study led by Professor Ginestra Bianconi from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with international ...

If you’re looking to pick a fight, simply ask your friends, “Is Pluto a planet?” Or “Is a hotdog a sandwich?” Or “How many holes does a straw have?” The first two questions will have them arguing yay ...

As topologists seek to classify shapes, the effort hinges on how to define a manifold and what it means for two of them to be equivalent. Sorting a collection of shapes is child’s play. Circles here, ...

A topologist is a person who cannot tell the difference between a coffee mug and a donut—so goes a joke about a little-known scientific field crowned Tuesday with a Nobel Physics Prize. The quip ...