Years ago Domokos developed a mathematical tool for describing tessellations based on their average properties rather than the shapes of individual cells. The idea grew out of work on natural mosaics, ...

If you step outside, into a garden, park or even the grounds at your school, you can find shapes in nature too. Join Ibrahim and Rui as they meet up with Angela at Backwell Lake in Somerset to go ...

Now, scientists have found a new formula that they think does just that. They analyzed four geometric figures to find it: ...

Wendy Freedman one of Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science in 2024 Wendy Freedman, the University of Chicago John and ...

What shapes can you find in nature? The Change Champs are a team of children who like to learn about the world around them. In each video, the Change Champs meet an expert who sets them an ...

Advances in nanotechnology are often inspired by designs found in nature. Tiny molecules that can change their shape in response to stimuli and swim through the body, mimicking bacteria ...

The idea that shape and structure spring from the struggle for better performance in both engineering and nature is the basis of his new constructal theory: the objective and constraints principle in ...