Using a new algorithmic model, the mathematicians examined what one can do using shapes that follow these new rules. Tiles ...

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Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple ...

A bold geometric design can turn a simple scheme into an arresting interior vignette. From canopy beds to embroidered fabrics ...

As smart as we as a species are, Mother Nature almost always seems to have us beat. It’s true for things like brain surgery ...

Tiles that fill two- and three-dimensional spaces with no gaps—including triangles, squares, hexagons, cubes, and other ...

Obviously, we are all familiar will basic shapes: squares, triangles, circles, to name but a few. Yet researchers from Oxford University and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (in ...