Condensed concepts

In discussions of emergence, particularly in chemistry, isomers are often given as an example of an emergent phenomenon. In Anderson's o...

Diamond and graphite are distinct solid states of carbon. They have qualitatively different physical properties, at both the microscopic and...

 Every day we encounter a diversity of materials: liquids, glass, ceramics, metals, crystals, magnets, plastics, semiconductors, foams, … Th...

We are surrounded by scientific knowledge and have become so used to it that we often take science for granted. We may rarely reflect on the...

In Australia, scandals about the management of public universities continue to be covered in the media. A recent one is the use of billions ...

In 1994 superconductivity was discovered in strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4). This attracted considerable interest because it had a perovskite...

How is mental illness defined? What causes mental illness? How can a person be healed? Answering these questions will be influenced by our a...