Copper and lutetium metal ions chaperone this molecular strand into a three-twist knot. Credit: Credit: Stuart Jantzen, Biocinematics It’s annoyingly easy to tangle your headphones into a mess of ...
From the tangle in your computer cord to the mess your cat made of your knitting basket, knots are everywhere in daily life. They also pervade science, showing up in loops of DNA, intertwined polymer ...