Leaf photosynthesis, coral mineralization, and trabecular bone growth depend on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) with hyperboloidal structure on every surface point with varying Gaussian ...

We discuss methods of reversibly inducing non-developable surfaces from flat sheets of material at the micro-scale all the way to macroscopic objects. We analyse the elastic ground states of a nematic ...

Morphogenesis, defined as the ensemble of mechanisms responsible for the formation of patterns and shapes, is a fundamental issue in natural sciences in general 1 and physics of soft matter in ...

If you fold a pizza in half lengthwise to eat it (the proper way to eat pizza), then you’re actually utilizing mathematician Carl Gauss’s “theorem egregium” or the “remarkable theorem.” Mathematician ...

Inspired by the cells in leaves that control leaf curvature to regulate water loss, researchers present flat panels that can morph into a stiff, complex 3D structure with a different Gaussian ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

It could be argued that there is no right or wrong way to eat a slice of pizza. However, according to a 19th century mathematician the only way to devour a cheesy slice is to fold it in a U-shape.

The helical shape of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria is essential for its pathogenicity. The Salama lab (Human Biology Division), whose research focuses on these bacteria, demonstrated in the ...