A group of chemists from Manchester have successfully tied a series of microscopic knots using individual molecules for the first time, ushering in the advent of a form of nano-scale weaving which ...

This part of the globe is currently teetering on the precipice between summer and fall, and it’s prime outdoor season. It’s still warm enough outside for most summer activities, and over the next few ...

Mark Barsocchini sees knots everywhere he goes. In the scarf draped around somebody’s neck, or the shoelaces we tie every day. He’s entranced by something most of us take for granted. “There’s a lot ...

Knotted threads secure buttons to shirts. Knots in ropes attach boats to piers. You can find knots in shoestrings, ties, ribbons, and bows. But even without Boy Scouts or sailors, knots would be ...

There are 177,147 ways to fasten a necktie, it has emerged - 1,000 times more than previously thought. But the study was not prompted by higher theories of mathematics, but a flamboyant knot worn by a ...

Lifting the lid off a gaming computer. Image © Tim Sandle Lifting the lid off a gaming computer. Image © Tim Sandle The inevitable future of gaming is super-smart ...