Lattice distortions can be used to manipulate surface states in topological crystalline insulators. This discovery suggests new methods to control the motion of electrons in 2D electron systems.

I learned about cognitive distortions in the 1990s from a book by David Burns called Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. I’d just moved from the faculty wing at U.C. Davis’ law school to serve as the ...

Stressful thinking patterns are an example of cognitive distortions—the belief that something is true despite it having no basis in fact. Not surprisingly, this leads to mental suffering. I’m using ...