Material Science

The geometry of atomic bonds

In 2012, a team from IBM’s research labs in Zurich managed to reveal the individual…

Entropy and energy influence polygonal nets folding into Platonic solids

What makes an object successful at folding? Protein scientists study how an object transforms between…

The Scutoid: additional solution for three-dimensional packing

Tissues flex into intricate three-dimensional forms that lead to organs as an embryo grows. This…

Creating a self-assembling quasicrystal

A quasiperiodic crystal, also known as a quasicrystal, is an organized but nonperiodic structure. A…

Fractal cube structures show promise for dissipating shockwave energy

Shockwaves are dissipated five times better by 3D printed fractal structures with closely spaced gaps…