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Researchers have found that when everything from icebergs to rocks breaks apart, their pieces tend to resemble cubes. The finding suggests a universal rule of fragmentation at scales ranging from the microscopic to the planetary.

Noémie Globus, an astrophysicist at the Flatiron Institute and New York University, and Stanford University's Roger Blandford explain why all biological molecules come in just one of two possible configurations.

Flatiron Institute scientists used the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile to take new, more precise observations of the cosmic microwave background, a relic of the first light to shine through the universe.

The Flatiron Institute is deploying a 320-node addition to its research cluster that will be managed by cluster management software from Bright Computing, maker of Linux cluster automation and management platform for HPC and machine learning.

By studying black holes and their surroundings with both gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation, scientists expect to learn more than they could with either signal alone.

A stunning, highly detailed visualization of how SARS-CoV2 invades cells and defends itself against the body's immune response.

Today's poker is ruled by game theory and quantitative analysis, but in this book excerpt, Maria Konnikova describes how she became a world champion by relying heavily on an old-school psychological style.

The twisted bilayer transition metal called dichalcogenide WSe2 enables the realization of exotic correlated phenomena, including high-temperature superconductivity, in a controlled manner and without the geometrical restriction found in twisted bilayer graphene.

Quantum computing and machine learning — It is natural to seek connections between these two emerging approaches to computing, in the hope of reaping multiple benefits. The search for connecting links has just started, but a lot of potential is already emerging in this wild, unexplored territory.

Two major study retractions in one month have left researchers wondering if the peer review process is broken.