The HS-I, CS-I, and CS-II structures of hydrate correspond to the Z, A15, and C15 phases of the Frank-Kasper phase, respectively. With the discovery of HS-I, the primitive structures at the three ...

A recent article in Scientific Reports detailed the characterization of disordered structures in graphene and monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) induced by low-energy argon ion irradiation. The ...

Tile patterns in which the same shape is laid out without gaps can be seen on castle walls and chess boards in artificial objects, and in insect compound eyes and beehives in biology. Square tiles are ...

Long before today’s aerospace engineers fashioned rockets and space telescope mirrors, bees were using the hexagonal honeycomb structure to achieve the optimum material economy—the highest ...

The history of ‘everyone’s favorite hexagon’ illustrates the resonance of basic science and how discoveries build over time ...