The golden ratio — an exact 'magic' number often claimed to be observed when taking ratios of distances in ancient and modern architecture, sculpture and painting — has been spotted in a ...

Magnetic vortices confined to thin films gyrate with a dynamics determined by the vortex–core polarity, which switches when the gyration is fast enough. Fine-tuning these core-reversal ...

They have measured the signatures of a symmetry showing the same attributes as the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The research team is publishing these findings in Science on the 8.

Golden ratio discovered in quantum world: Hidden symmetry observed for the first time in solid state matter Date: January 7, 2010 Source: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Summary ...

Researchers have observed three-dimensional magnetic vortex rings in a real-world magnetic material for the first time. Contrary to theoretical predictions, these rings – which are spin configurations ...

An externally applied magnetic field changes the position of the centre of this vortex, which in turn leads directly to a change in the electrical resistance.

On the atomic scale particles do not behave as we know it in the macro-atomic world. New properties emerge which are the result of an effect known as the Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. In order ...