Figure 1a illustrates the principles of using DNA–nanoparticle assembly to engineer colloidal superstructures with different physicochemical properties. First, we used metal–thiol or ...

To explore deep space is to come to grips with humanity’s ever-shrinking importance in the universe. In another shot to our cosmic ego, scientists have discovered a new superstructure, named Quipu, ...

A new way of using self-assembling block copolymers (BCPs) to create patterned nanostructures has been unveiled by researchers in Canada. They found that arrays of BCPs with different lattice spacings ...

In research that may help bridge the divide between the nano and the macro, chemists have used pyramid-shaped nanoparticles to create what might be the most complex macroscale superstructure ever ...

Polymer scientists recently announced that they have solved a longstanding mystery surrounding a nanoscale structure, formed by collections of molecules, called a double-gyroid. This shape is one of ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not likely. In practical terms? Definitely not. Extremely large objects can ...

A massive “superstructure” of igneous rock lurking below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, east of the Solomon Islands, has long puzzled scientists. The structure, dubbed the Melanesian Border Plateau ...