Geometry Matters

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The fractal brain, from a single neuron’s perspective

Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis researching the brain have demonstrated that monitoring signals…

Warping geometry pushes scientific boundaries

Atomic interactions in common solids and liquids are so intricate that physicists are still baffled…

Our capacity to recognize patterns might be attributed to the brain’s drive to describe things in the simplest feasible way

Infants may recognize regular sound sequences during their first year of life. As we grow…

The First-Ever Footage of a Molecule’s Spectacular Rotation

An international team of scientists from four different universities was able to record the rapid…

Patterns typically observed in water can also be found in light

Solitons are solitary waves that may travel great distances while keeping their shape and speed…

Screening risk of dyslexia through a web-game using language-independent content

Dyslexia is a type of learning impairment that affects 5–15% of the world’s population. MusVis,…

Golden Ratio Observed In Human Skulls

For centuries, Φ has been found in human anatomy for millennia, and in recent decades,…

The golden perfection of the aortic valve

By observing the perfect geometry of a tricuspid aortic valve, a team of cardiac surgeons…

The geometry of space-time warping at the edges of a black hole

Gravity distorts our vision, distorting its surroundings as if viewed through a carnival mirror. The…

The mystery behind interstellar buckyballs

Scientists have long been perplexed by the presence of “buckyballs” — complex carbon molecules with…