Quasicrystals promise exciting technological advances in optical devices, but their formation mechanism is yet not fully understood. Here, the authors describe a two-dimensional dodecagonal ...

University of Utah researchers have shown it is possible to harness far-infrared light -- also known as terahertz electromagnetic radiation -- for use in superfast wireless communications and to ...

The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, Spain, which was built by the Almohad dynasty. The 13-century Vera Cruz church in Segovia, Spain also has a dodecagonal shape.