Solar cells are constantly getting better at collecting energy from sunlight, but their ability to store it isn't improving quite as fast. Made from graphene and with a fern-inspired fractal structure ...

Fractals are sometimes referred to as a “visual representation of math.” They can be observed in the spatial arrangements found in many familiar forms, patterns and shapes in nature: from the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The human world is distressingly chaotic. Nature, in contrast, always has a plan. This is on display in my ...

Fractals and dimensions “Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles and bark is not smooth nor does lightning travel in straight line.” - B. Mandelbrot in The Fractal ...

Have you ever considered that our nation's iconic silver fern is in fact a mathematical oddity known as a fractal? The fifth instalment of a free lecture series held at the Massey University's Albany ...

Fractals are geometric objects that are self-similar, i.e., you can break them apart into smaller pieces which are exact (but smaller) replicas of the original object. These smaller pieces in turn, ...