It seems in ancient Greece there was a man named Gordias, who devised a rope knot so large and complicated no one could untangle it. The claim was that the person who could undo the Gordian knot would ...

It doesn't matter how well you organize your jewelry—thin chains have a way of becoming hopelessly knotted. Anyone who's struggled to untangle a necklace before a dinner reservation or a party knows ...

A knot made from gold that crosses over itself three times, known as a trefoil knot, is both the tiniest and tightest knot ever made. The knot contains just 54 atoms, including six gold atoms that ...

There's nothing more annoying than open ing up your jewellery box to take out your favourite chain -only to find that it's gotten knotted, or worse, tangled up with your other chains!

Imagine a knot so small that it can’t be seen with the naked eye. Then think even smaller. Chemists have tied together just 54 atoms to form the smallest molecular knot yet. Described January 2 in ...