How plants decide their size: Study maps plant growth strategies across roots, leaves, and stems

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be ...

One-pot method synthesizes blue light-responsive aryne precursors from carboxylic acids

Arynes are highly reactive organic intermediates featuring a triple bond within an aromatic ring. Their strong reactivity ...
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The biggest controversy in maths could be settled by a computer

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...
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Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 2002

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.