Studying the intricate fractal patterns on the surface of cells could give researchers a new insight into the physical nature of cancer, and provide new ways of preventing the disease from developing.

In 1999, an Australian group found that these swirls contained well-defined fractals – patterns that show self-similarity, that is, they are repeated at different magnifications (New Scientist ...

The patterns of the currents, like the branches in lungs and neurons, are fractal, which means they repeat at different scales. Now Taylor is using ‘bioinspiration’ to design a better solar panel.

In a discovery that brings a legendary quantum theory to life, physicists at Princeton University have directly observed Hofstadter’s butterfly — a fractal pattern in electron energy levels ...

Many fractal patterns exist only in mathematical theory, but over the last few decades, scientists have found there are fractal aspects to many irregular yet patterned shapes in nature, such as ...

Fractals, or repeating patterns, can be found in the tiniest ice crystal to pinecones and aspen leaves. The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, invites visitors to explore and experience "Patterns ...

3D topological insulators go photonic An essential property of fractals is the absence of an interior, they are instead full of edges. This absence of a bulk material means that a fractal will not ...