Search results for fractal properties

Soft Matter Mar 4, 2024

Beyond the ink: Painting with physics

Falling from the tip of a brush suspended in mid-air, an ink droplet touches a painted surface and blossoms into a masterpiece of ever-changing beauty. It weaves a tapestry of intricate, evolving patterns. Some of them resemble ...

Mathematics Feb 22, 2024

What does a physicist see when looking at the NFT market?

The market for collectible digital assets, or non-fungible tokens, is an interesting example of a physical system with a large scale of complexity, non-trivial dynamics, and an original logic of financial transactions. At ...

Ecology Jan 24, 2024

Study finds no evidence for fractal scaling in canopy surfaces across a diverse range of forest types

The complexity of forests cannot be explained by simple mathematical rules, a study finds. The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists have discovered.

Mathematics Oct 31, 2023

Mathematician creates mass extinction model regarding climate change and adaptation

A RUDN University mathematician and a colleague developed a theoretical model of mass extinction. The model for the first time took into account two important factors—the inverse effect of vegetation on climate change and ...

Condensed Matter Aug 28, 2023

Discovery puts a magnetic spin on neuromorphic computing

The word "fractals" might inspire images of psychedelic colors spiraling into infinity in a computer animation. An invisible, but powerful and useful, version of this phenomenon exists in the realm of dynamic magnetic fractal ...

Soft Matter Aug 17, 2023

Unlocking chaos: Ultracold quantum gas reveals insights into wave turbulence

In the intricate realm of wave turbulence, where predictability falters and chaos reigns, new research explores the heart of wave turbulence using an ultracold quantum gas. The study reveals new insights that could advance ...

Mathematics Aug 1, 2023

Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary genetics

Number theory, the study of the properties of positive integers, is perhaps the purest form of mathematics. At first sight, it may seem far too abstract to apply to the natural world. In fact, the influential American number ...

Nanophysics Jul 27, 2023

Mixing of moiré-surface and bulk states: Capturing Hofstadter's butterfly in one of Earth's most ancient materials

Researchers in the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have revisited one of the most ancient materials on Earth—graphite—and discovered new physics that has eluded the field for decades.

Condensed Matter May 12, 2023

Researchers discover superconductive images are actually 3D and disorder-driven fractals

Meeting the world's energy demands is reaching a critical point. Powering the technological age has caused issues globally. It is increasingly important to create superconductors that can operate at ambient pressure and temperature. ...

Nanomaterials Apr 25, 2023

Fabrication and applications of van der Waals heterostructures

The explosion of two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with various unique properties provides basic building blocks for van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs). The vdWHs integrated with various stacking alignments of ...

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