Fractal on ice: Example of the fractal structures in spin ice together with a famous example of a fractal (the Mandelbrot set), on top of a photograph of water ice. (Courtesy: Jonathan N Hallén, ...

The simplicity of the stains' repeating patterns is key to why we see so many images in them. It’s easy to see familiar shapes in seemingly random patterns. Witness how many people see faces in clouds ...

(Nanowerk News) The nature and properties of materials depend strongly on dimension. Imagine how different life in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional world would be from the three dimensions we’re ...