A lab mistake led to self-forming spiral patterns on metal surfaces, revealing chemical-mechanical interactions.

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong left a sample out by mistake. It was a small chip made of germanium, topped with thin layers ...

A strange swirl in the sky seen over much of Britain and Europe this week wasn’t the result of alien activity but rather a ...

Beautiful spiral patterns had been etched ... The research suggests that the metal's preexisting tension or compression determines the shapes that emerge. Thus, two processes, one chemical and ...