Pulling the ends of a given piece of string will usually decide whether it is knotted or not. Because we hold the ends, the string and our body form a closed circle and there is no danger of ...

Knots are some of the most remarkable topological features in nature. Self-assembly of knotted polymers without breaking or forming covalent bonds is challenging, as the chain needs to be threaded ...

Knotted string values signified units of produce, not individual chili peppers or peanuts, Urton and Chu argue. Several rectangular, roughly 30-meter-long Qolqawasi rooms served as receiving areas ...

True, “Knotted, Torn, Scattered: Sculpture After Abstract Expressionism” (on view through Sept. 19) is a vest-pocket show of six sculptors, tucked away from the Guggenheim’s spiral ramps, ...

The Knotted Chair became an iconic piece of design, fusing high-tech materials with low-tech production methods. The rope is constructed of aramid and carbon fibers, which are knotted into the shape ...

If the DNA under consideration is highly knotted, it will be crumpled up and smaller in size, so it will move more quickly through the gel than it would if it were unknotted. Remarkably, it is ...

Eventually, studying 3-D knotted magnetic fields like those potentially present in ball lightning might help scientists devise better ways to control plasmas within future fusion reactors for ...

Polish prisoners escape German jail using knotted bedsheets. August 18, 2009 — -- Jumping off 30 feet walls and clambering through rickety shafts are actions usually reserved for Hollywood ...