Algorithm reveals 'magic sizes' for assembling programmable icosahedral shells at minimal cost

Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures ...
Hackaday

Mesmerizing Patterns From Simple Rules

Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with his ...
Quanta Magazine

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper ...

Order from disordered proteins: Physics-based algorithm designs biomolecules with custom properties

In synthetic and structural biology, advances in artificial intelligence have led to an explosion of designing new proteins ...