In geometry, there are surfaces that do without an inside or outside—and some need at least four dimensions to exist ...

Scientists say they have cracked a nearly eight-decade-old riddle involving the Moebius strip, a mathematical phenomenon that has also become an icon of art. Popularised by the Dutch artist MC Escher, ...

From cylindrical nanotubes to the hollow spheres known as buckyballs, carbon is famous for forming tiny, complex nanostructures (SN: 8/15/19). Now, scientists have added a new geometry to the list: a ...

The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. It has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It is also a ruled surface. It was ...

Long known as curious mathematical objects lacking a separate "inside" and "outside," Möbius strips have also captured the imagination of artists like M. C. Escher, whose painting Möbius Strip II ...

This news release is available in German. Physics sometimes borders on light art. An international team headed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and ...

Scientists say they have cracked a nearly eight-decade-old riddle involving the Möbius strip, a mathematical phenomenon that has also become an icon of art. Popularised by the Dutch artist MC Escher, ...

Researchers at Arizona State University have recently used origami to fold DNA into a Möbius strip. Why? Because its frickin' cool, that’s why. The scientists, who hail from the departments of ...

We wanted to know if it was possible to use math to make a delicious, mess free bagel. So we brought in Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician and the author of "Beyond Infinity." She's even been on the "The ...

A Moebius strip created from laser light opens up new possibilities for material processing and for micro- and nanotechnology. Physics sometimes borders on light art. An international team headed by ...