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In the hands of a master

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Richard Taylor, a physicist, analyzed a selection of Jackson Pollock's poured paintings and found they were composed of distinct fractal patterns, made by dripping or pouring paint straight on to a canvas. The large-scale fractals are a fingerprint of the artist's body motion and the small-scale fractals are also to do with his choices, his height over the canvas, the fluidity of his paint, angle and force behind the trajectory.

Physicists, Works, Painting, Painting (Art), Properties, Pollock, Jackson, Taylor, Richard E.

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Channel voyager makes waves

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Rod MacKinnon of the Rockefeller University, identified the structures of several important ion channels in the cell membrane, despite negative remarks and criticism. This achievement won him a share in the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2003.

Executive changes & profiles, Research Personnel, Officials and employees, Achievements and awards, Cell membranes, Structure, Rockefeller University, Research scientists, MacKinnon, Rod

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