These flowers are not roses, tulips or columbines. They will be nanoflowers seeded from nano-sized particles of metals that grow, or self assemble, in a natural process -- diffusion limited ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon researcher Richard Taylor is on a quest to grow flowers that will help people who've lost their sight, such as those suffering from macular degeneration, to ...

For those who don’t think math is art, French digital artist Miguel Chevalier wants to prove you wrong. His latest digital installation, entitled Fractal Flowers, is now open at the Museum of ...

Researchers are growing fractal nanoflowers from metal nanoparticles, that may someday be used to restore sight to the blind.

My favorite examples of fractal art from more recent times include da Vinci’s Turbulence (1500), Hokusai’s Great Wave (1830), M.C. Escher’s Circle Series (1950s) and, of course, Pollock’s ...

The universe is fractal-like out to many distance scales, but at a certain point, the mathematical form breaks down. There are no more Russian nesting dolls — i.e., ...