Discover how to create repeated patterns using 2D shapes in this fun BBC Bitesize reception guide.

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for having 2D patterns made of plastic self-assemble into 3D objects using a heat lamp and printer ink.

A new shape called an einstein has taken the math world by storm. The craggy, hat-shaped tile can cover an infinite plane with patterns that never repeat.

At Long Last, Mathematicians Have Found a Shape With a Pattern That Never Repeats Experts have searched for decades for a polygon that only makes non-repeating patterns. But no one knew it was ...