Fractal patterns are repeating shapes that look similar at different scales. They have intricate details that repeat themselves when you zoom in or out.
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Teich previously found
fractal patterns in the hearing and visual systems of cats, but never before in an isolated neuron.
«Within the clusters of atoms that make up a metallic glass, atoms are arranged in a particular kind
of fractal pattern called percolation,» Chen says.
Irish artist Nuala O'Donovan sculpts intricate hand - built porcelain forms that resemble
fractal patterns found in nature.
But it was a whole channel devoted to, basically,
hypnotic fractal patterns and some odd programmes in bright colours (like one about a phallic vegetable chef and another about a grandfather who hid, fairly oddly, in a cupboard).
In a surprising finding, NC State professor of physics Karen Daniels and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Michael Dickey discovered that applying low voltage to the surface of EGaIn causes the liquid metal to spread out and form snowflake -
like fractal patterns.
While the function of
fractal patterns remains a mystery, Teich says their universal presence suggests they are important.
Fractals can emerge in temporal patterns, too, and researchers have observed
rhythmic fractal patterns in many controlled musical experiments.
Simulations show that
fractal patterns emerge on the horizons of black holes at mealtime, which could offer insights into their growth.
And in some ways, the resulting structures, created
by fractal patterning, reflect the artist's personal understanding of the intricate workings of the universe and the mind.
The monitors are arranged in an
almost fractal pattern, with 16 monitors forming a unit and singular images combining to form overall pictures.
Dharshan Kumaran and colleagues at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, showed volunteers pairs
of fractal patterns and told them the patterns represented the night sky.
I found something of a floral /
fractal pattern in light blue that went really well with my fabric.
The artist's famous drips and swirls
create fractal patterns, similar to those formed in nature by trees, clouds and coastlines
Nature teaches us lessons of cycles,
fractal patterns, colony behavior, etc..
There would be no need to move their eyes around in
fractal patterns to pick up information, Taylor notes, so there would be no antistress effect.
Your article «Sunny surprise for fusion reactors» refers to a finding of an «unexpected»
fractal pattern in the turbulent solar...
Your article «Sunny surprise for fusion reactors» refers to a finding of an «unexpected»
fractal pattern in the turbulent solar wind (3 May, p 12).
They discovered that the maps showed a particular form, known as
a fractal pattern (Journal of Archaeological Science, vol 30, p 1619).
A fractal pattern is one that...
This finding means the source of
the fractal patterns resides in the nerve cell itself, says Teich.
Now researchers at Boston University and the University of California at San Diego report that the rate of release of neurotransmitters varies in
a fractal pattern: it looks similar, regardless of the timescale over which it is observed.
Psychologist Edward Large, director of the Music Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, who was not involved in the study, agrees that
the fractal patterns Hennig's team discovered in amplitude are exciting.
What's more, many pieces showed signs of
fractal patterns — repeating motifs that reoccur at different scales, whether you zoom in or zoom out of a canvas (British Journal of Psychology, vol 102, p 49).
Their fractal patterns can help your mind unwind.
The oral tradition of yoga overflows with
these fractal patterns which are outlined in the teachings of the tantric chakra system.
Or defer to
its fractal patterning as the deep informer of life processes.
In 2008, Swedish researchers found that people respond more favorably to
fractal patterns, a common type of natural pattern that can be found in everything from ocean waves, to leaves, to fires.
HP has basically injected style into every element it could find, including
the fractal pattern found on the speaker grills.