Aerospace engineering is a challenge for anyone—and as a first-generation college student, Maria faced additional hurdles. With strength, hard work and the support of community, Maria persevered. Now, ...
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When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and ...
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.