The human visual system exhibits a remarkable ability to decipher the three-dimensional structure of the world from two-dimensional retinal images. Central to this process is the utilisation of shape ...

Researchers learn to predict how crystals take shape from their internal chemistry, even when the crystal lacks symmetry. A crystal's shape is determined by its inherent chemistry, a characteristic ...

2D shapes can be described by their sides, their angles and their symmetry. The sides might be equal in length and some might be parallel. The angles could be right angles, but sometimes they are ...

A 2D shape is symmetrical if you can draw a line through it and it looks exactly the same either side. This line is called a line of symmetry. Oh that rather smug expression tells me that square knows ...

In shape analysis with concentrated data, the Procrustes tangent projection of shapes plays a fundamental role since this projection can be used to convert shape analysis to standard multivariate ...

TROY, N.Y. -- Optoelectronic materials that are capable of converting the energy of light into electricity, and electricity into light, have promising applications as light-emitting, energy-harvesting ...

Neuroscience research into people with aphantasia is now revealing how imagination works and demonstrating the sweeping variety in our subjective experiences. The year’s biggest computer science ...

What makes something a crystal? A transparent and glittery gemstone? Not necessarily in the microscopic world. When all of its atoms are arranged in accordance with specific mathematical rules, we ...