No regular performance: South West Dance Theatre appearing as part of the Aperiodic festival at the Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK, on 11 July 2024. (Courtesy: Matin Durrani) We all like order in our ...

The quasicrystal, a type of non-repeating crystal once deemed impossible, was made by jiggling thousands of metal balls in a tray for over a week. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...

Scientists have looked at networks of magnetic material patterned into the unique and quite beautiful geometries of quasicrystals to see how the nature of the non-repeating patterns lead to the ...

Just a few decades ago, scientists believed that all ordered matter consists of self-repeating building blocks-atoms, ions or molecules. In this view, the ordinary solids of everyday life are arranged ...

Have you ever found yourself captivated by the intricate repeating designs on fabric, wrapping paper, and more? There’s something truly magical about repeating patterns that can transform ordinary ...