Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a naturally occurring topological insulator – an exotic class of materials that possesses the unique ability to conduct electricity and the surface, but not on the inside. Previously, topological insulators have been studied and created in labs only, however now a mineral has been found [...]
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If we ask the question today, ‘what is science?’ it quickly becomes apparent that the answer has changed through history. When Aristotle was searching through the nets of the fisherman on the coast of Lesbos, and deciding that sharks and rays were seemingly of a different family to fishes, and that they were different again [...]
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