But the mathematics of these "soft shapes" have been a mystery until now. "Nature not only abhors a vacuum, she also seems to abhor sharp corners," says University of Oxford mathematician Alain ...

If you step outside, into a garden, park or even the grounds at your school, you can find shapes in nature too. Join Ibrahim and Rui as they meet up with Angela at Backwell Lake in Somerset to go ...

Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the ...

What shapes can you find in nature? The Change Champs are a team of children who like to learn about the world around them. In each video, the Change Champs meet an expert who sets them an ...

Conformal maps: Maps that preserve angles, allowing for the comparison of shapes while maintaining their local geometric properties. This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of ...

Shape perception is a fundamental aspect of ... to a feature in the three-dimensional object being represented. This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of 30,000 created with ...