Here we report the lattice self-assembly of cyclodextrin complexes into a variety of capsid-like structures such as lamellae, helical tubes and hollow rhombic dodecahedra. The dodecahedral ...

Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ancient Roman texts or images. First discovered in the 18th century, around 130 ...

One of the most perplexing of these puzzles are various dodecahedra spread throughout Britain and continental Europe. Experts estimate that some 130 of these 12-sided objects have been uncovered ...

He said that, unlike other dodecahedra, this one is undamaged. “Ours is absolutely in a fabulous condition. It’s complete, undamaged, and it clearly was considered of great value by whoever ...

That's is largely because there are no known visual or written descriptions of dodecahedra in Roman literature, says the group's website. According to Lorena Hitchens, a doctoral student in the U ...

The answer still escapes us. Dodecahedra date from the Roman period in Britain (43-410AD). About 130 have been found across the north-west provinces of the former Roman empire, each finely crafted ...

Dr Samantha Tipper is the current treasurer for the Norton Disney Archaeology Group. Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ...

The dodecahedra speaker is being developed at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. The speaker has 12 sides, each covering 360 degrees of sound space in the room. The listener can move around ...

A small community archaeology group stumbled across the "find of a lifetime" in the British countryside – a puzzling 1,700-year-old Roman artifact that has experts scratching their heads.

It’s not the first of its kind—over 30 dodecahedra have been discovered in the UK alone, many of them fragmented or damaged. But while these oddly shaped artifacts show up rather frequently in ...