The researchers based their study, published in New Journal of Physics, on two central tenets: fractals and universality. A fractal is an object or a quantity that is self-similar, or almost so, on ...

Hunting the Hidden Dimension Mysteriously beautiful fractals are shaking up the world of mathematics and deepening our understanding of nature. Aired August 24, 2011 on PBS ...

Find the complete program transcript, including credits for the NOVA program Hunting the Hidden Dimension, originally broadcast on PBS on October 28, 2008.

The formula published by White gave good results, but still lacked true fractal detail. Collaborating with the members of Fractal Forums, a website for fractal admirers, he continued his search.

Fractals are exquisite structures produced by nature, hiding in plain sight all around us. They are tricky to define precisely, though most are linked by a set of four common fractal features ...

Researchers have now provided a mathematical formula to describe the processes that dictate how cauliflower-like patterns – a type of fractal pattern – form and develop.

When it comes to miniature electronics, scientists have seen the shape of things to come -- and that shape is a fractal. Most people are familiar with fractals as repeating patterns of ever ...

A group of fractal image makers claim to have made the best three-dimensional portrayal to date of the Mandelbrot set, one of the best-known fractal equations. Yet the path there was not ...