Elise Cutts

For the first time, scientists have decoded the molecular structure of a protein that helps to sync a biological clock to the phases of the moon.

After identifying interlocking symmetries in mammalian cells, scientists can describe some tissues as liquid crystals — an observation that lays the groundwork for a fluid-dynamic theory of how tissues move.

By treating molecules as geometric tessellations, scientists devised a new way to forecast how 2D materials might self-assemble.