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Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material is showing why some knots are better than others.
As chemists tie the most complicated molecular knot yet, biophysicists create a “periodic table” that describes what kinds of knots are possible.
By investigating the central role played by knots in fluids and fields, physicists hope to unravel long-standing mysteries of turbulence.