Many complex quantum systems rapidly lose the recognizable patterns of their initial states as their components interact. To ...

A new model developed by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) extends the theory of elastic phase separation towards nanoscopic structures. Such ...

For at least 2,500 years, humans have perceived musical dimensions in the behavior of stars and other celestial objects, a tradition that is still going strong today. Pulsating stars, which vary in ...

Like a child peering through a kaleidoscope, a biologist gazing through a microscope may be amazed by the beautiful geometric patterns formed by cells. However, these cell arrangements do not form ...