Fractals are sometimes referred to as a “visual representation of math.” They can be observed in the spatial arrangements ...

A traditional crystal is any solid made of atoms or molecules in repeating patterns. There are only 230 possible ways for atoms to form repeating crystal patterns. Quasicrystals do not fit into any of ...

The quasicrystals found in this study form the corners of 20-sided shape ... his microscope to show that it had fivefold, threefold and twofold rotational symmetry. This animation shows these three ...

Electron microscope image of the aluminum ... ways for atoms to form repeating crystal patterns. Quasicrystals don’t fit into any of them. Their unique shape lets them form a pattern that ...

Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope ... form repeating crystal patterns. Quasicrystals don't fit into any of them. Their unique shape lets them form ...

Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope ... are like ordinary crystals but with a few key differences. The quasicrystals found in this study form the corners of ...

Slicing Up the Rocks However, the people who study how these rocks form take it at least one step further and that is looking at rocks under the microscope ... The image below shows a cluster of big ...

It’s the first time anyone has been able to take images of the surface growth of cholesterol crystals in real time at near molecular resolution. Cholesterol crystals play an important role in diseases ...

The first group's project is ‘Inner Strength:’ An investigation of crystal structures and how they scale’ and is being researched by Daniel Meehan, Joseph Kehoe and Kevin Walsh. Daniel said ...

You could infer things about them using X-ray crystallography or measure their pull on tiny probes using atomic force microscopes, but not take a direct image ... was to form a crystal and ...