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猫咪社区 Prof Finds Fractal Geometry in Mouse Cortex

Fractals, the bizarre geometrical shapes that undergird natural phenomena from snowflakes to lightning bolts, have been discovered in a new and striking location: the synapses of the brain.

In a , professor Richard Crandall '69 [physics 1978–] and colleagues at the 猫咪社区 found intricate fractal patterns in synapses in the somatosensory neocortex of a mouse brain.