http://information-machine.blogspot.com/ - excellent interviews here!

Rediscovered in 1984 nano science is now using these patterns to break all known laws of physics.

Aperiodic mosaics, such as those found in the medieval Islamic mosaics of the Alhambra Palace in Spain and the Darb-i Imam Shrine in Iran, have helped scientists understand what quasicrystals look like at the atomic level. In those mosaics, as in quasicrystals, the patterns are regular -- they follow mathematical rules -- but they never repeat themselves.

When scientists describe quasicrystals, they use a concept that comes from mathematics and art: the golden ratio. This number had already caught the interest of mathematicians in Ancient Greece, as it often appeared in geometry. In quasicrystals, for instance, the ratio of various distances between atoms is related to the golden mean.

 

A quasicrystal is the natural extension of the notion of a crystal to structures with quasiperiodic, rather than periodic, translational order. We classify two- and three-dimensional quasicrystals by their symmetry under rotation and show that many disallowed crystal symmetries are allowed quasicrystal symmetries. We analytically compute the diffraction pattern of an ideal quasicrystal and show that the recently observed electron-diffraction pattern of an Al-Mn alloy is closely related to that of an icosahedral quasicrystal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111005080232.htm

An example article that provides a connection to today's world of rechargeable batteries:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111114142047.htm

 

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Interestingly, the second picture with a flower of life geometry is a circle inside a square.

Hi Juraj!

If you look right in the center you will see a 5 petalled flower.

A little modification to the FOL?

Here's one good video on quasicrystals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPyzSssNhFQ&feature=related

There are many available including info from AlienScientist whose videos I really enjoy viewing.

Cheers JR!

Hi Darren, thank you for the link.

That is some well-timed research.

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