Understanding how this enzyme achieves its fractal geometry posed a unique challenge. Jan Schuller and his team at the ...

The image of the Mandelbrot set is one of the most recognizable representations of a fractal. But what's behind the entrancing picture? In this interactive, learn a bit about how we generated our ...

Marcus du Sautoy describes how fractal geometry can be used to describe natural objects, and how it is used in digital animation. Trees use the simple rule of trying to maximise surface area ...

A gorgeous solution to a common problem... This mesmerizing mechanical vise adjusts its shape to hold oddly shaped items still without damaging them, using a design first patented more than a century ...

Fractals are geometric objects that have a very complicated ... each particle follows one of the curves). We can look at the geometry of these curves, that is, their shapes. You can imagine that if ...