Mirroring the Fibonacci number sequence (made famous in The Da Vinci Code), their optical rotatum propagates in a logarithmic spiral that is seen in the shell of a nautilus ... Research MURI program ...

The chambered, or pearly, nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is a charismatic cephalopod species known for its exceptional spiraling, chambered shell. It belongs to a family ... resulting in isolated ...

Mirroring the Fibonacci number sequence (made famous in The Da Vinci Code), their optical rotatum propagates in a logarithmic spiral that is seen in the shell of a nautilus, the seeds of a ...

“It is potentially useful for manipulating small matter.” The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a pattern found often in nature, including nautilus shells. (Image: Capasso Lab / Harvard ...