Over the last half 50 years, fractals have challenged ideas about geometry and pushed math, science and technology into unexpected areas.

Fractal patterns that arise when healthy human cells turn cancerous have been observed for the first time by scientists in the US. Using an atomic force microscope (AFM), Igor Sokolov and colleagues ...

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On the brink of the metal-insulator transition, the electrons in a manganese-doped gallium arsenide semiconductor are distributed across the surface of the material in complex, fractal-like patterns.

Despite bacterial colonies always forming circular shapes as they grow, their cells form internal divisions which are highly asymmetrical and branched. These fractal (self-similar) patterns are ...

Earth’s most beautiful fractal patterns have to be seen to be believed Computer science professor Paul Bourke has an exhaustive amount of information about fractals on his website, but for my ...

The images in this gallery of natural fractal patterns on earth, viewed from space, have been curated from Google Earth by professor Paul Bourke. Egypt Barcroft Media / Landov ...

There are multiple examples of fractal patterns in nature, from peacock feathers, snowflakes, and leaves, to cloud formations and coastlines. A group of graduate students have spotted similar ...

Fractals in finance offer a unique perspective on market patterns and investment strategies.