Fractals in School

Fractal Institute for APS Teachers Fractal Institute for APS Teachers

We’re offering Professional Development workshops for elementary teachers in... 

Fractals Come to Escuela del Sol and Harwood Art Center Fractals Come to Escuela del Sol and Harwood Art Center

The Fractal Foundation is pleased to announce the newest public art installation... 

Fractals in Silver City Fractals in Silver City

The Fractal Foundation visited Silver City, NM, for the first time, as part of our... 

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Fractals in the News

Fractals at the NM State Legislature Fractals at the NM State Legislature

For the 3′d year in a row, the Fractal Foundation had an interactive booth... 

World’s Largest Fractal Triangle - coming 3/14! World’s Largest Fractal Triangle - coming 3/14!

We’re building a giant fractal made of 2187 student-made triangles, and we... 

Albuquerque Kids on “Research Rocks” (pt2) Albuquerque Kids on “Research Rocks” (pt2)

Channel 7 recently featured several of Albuquerque’s brightest, most creative... 

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Fractals in Nature

Fractal Patterns Seen in Semiconductor Magnetism Fractal Patterns Seen in Semiconductor Magnetism

Fractal patterns have been observed for the first time at the quantum scale, and the implications - and applications - may be huge. Image: Roushan/Yazdani Research Group Mathematicians and physicists have known for some time that the equations that govern the magnetic phase-transition of metals will produce fractal patterns when iterated in a computer.... [Read more of this review]

Tomorrow’s weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals Tomorrow’s weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals

A fascinating article about fractal geometry applied to weather forecasting. An 80 year-old idea - vindicated by modern data collection and analysis - suggests weather may be much simpler than it seems. What does this imply for the accuracy of future weather forecasting? Will we ever be able to outwit the famed Butterfly Effect? We’ll see… Learn... [Read more of this review]

Fractal Globules in DNA Fractal Globules in DNA

Researchers have discovered how the DNA is packed into our cells in such a way that the roughly 2 meters of DNA in each cell doesn’t tangle, and is easily accessible when it’s needed to make proteins. And the key is: Fractal Geometry! ‘…Researchers found that the genome has a highly organized structure. Small pieces of DNA fold... [Read more of this review]

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