"Because our brains are so fine tuned to detect symmetry, is it possible that both the tools that we use to determine the laws of nature and indeed our theories themselves have symmetry in them ...

By Kate Golembiewski Symmetry runs rampant in nature. It’s present wherever mirror images are repeated, like in the right and left halves of elephants or butterflies, or in the repeating ...

Symmetry abounds in nature, often in its most beautiful forms. A perfect snowflake, a blooming sunflower, a light-harvesting complex from a bacterium—they all exhibit striking symmetry ...

With every step along this path of a deeper understanding of the universe, the role of symmetry as the foundation for the laws of nature has become ... with respect to the north, south, or the ...

A study of the hypertriton simultaneously confirms a basic symmetry of nature and potentially reveals ... and a winner of the Acoustical Society of America’s Science Communication Award.