When a model intentionally used an inefficient tool, so did many 4- and 5-year-olds. But when asked to complete the task "as fast as possible," most chose the more efficient option ...

Mississippi State Professor of Physics Dipangkar Dutta is a principal investigator on a groundbreaking experiment -- revealing "symmetry" in physics doesn't always behave as scientists once believed - ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.