Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex three-dimensional networks in materials can emerge from nothing more than particle shape.

At its heart, this research uncovers the hidden geometric principles behind the unique shape of rose petals. While scientists extensively studied shape morphing in natural sheets such as leaves and ...

In a South American jungle, far from traffic circles, city squares and the Pentagon, beats the heart of geometry. Villagers belonging to an Amazonian group called the Mundurucú intuitively grasp ...