A team of scientists from Princeton University has measured the energies of electrons in a new class of quantum materials and has found them to follow a fractal pattern. Fractals are self-repeating ...

A bacterium has evolved an enzyme that assembles in a fractal structure, a mathematical pattern that repeats itself at smaller scales. Fractal patterns are found throughout nature on large, ...

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For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the scale. And the answer is: no, not really. But in some ways, yes.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Bacteria may be single celled organisms but ...

Fractal analysis has emerged as a vital tool in understanding the inherent complexity and spatial dynamics of urban patterns and networks. By focusing on the properties of self-similarity and scale ...