W hen most people think of shapes, they imagine a triangle, a rectangle, or maybe even a fancier- sounding rhombus or trapezoid. But to mathematicians, shapes encompass a vast universe of surprising ...

Holograms are just awesome. For years, Hollywood has captured the public imagination — from Star Wars to Iron Man — but ...

A 2D shape could have line symmetry or rotation symmetry, or both! 3D shapes are described by their faces, edges and vertices. The faces can be the same shape or different, and a 3D shape could ...

Crows can recognize geometric patterns, suggesting that humans aren't unique in understanding shape structure.

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible threat to the food we eat ...

Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it ...

When players enter the virtual worlds of video games, they are greeted by complex architectural environments. These virtual spaces do more than serve as mere backdrops for gameplay. The design of ...

Remember the scene in Iron Man 2 where Tony Stark rediscovers a new element and is handling virtual 3D holographic elements ...

For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing astronomical data—in ways that deepen our understanding of space. While ...

Scientists tested crows on their ability to recognize “geometric regularity,” a skill previously assumed to be unique to humans ...

(One may also be applied to the cold end as well, depending on the line’s characteristics.). The size and shape of corona rings may be adjusted to account for a range of hardware and insulator ...

Uses ThreeJS/WebGL for 3D rendering and either d3-force-3d or ngraph for the underlying physics engine. See also the 2D canvas version, VR version and AR version. And check out the React bindings.