Bacteria
stromatolites – oldest fossils(3.7billion years) on earth build fractal structures
Fractal morphogenesis by a bacterial cell population.
bacteria colonies exhibit fractal patterns
Fractal patterns spontaneously emerge during bacterial cell growth
Cancer cells
Studies from several areas have shown that fractal analysis can help to detect cancer in early stages. Cancerous tissue has a different fractal dimension than healthy tissue and if this difference could be spotted in earlier stages than with current techniques.
early diagnosis through fractal analysis
early diagnosis breast cancer using digital mamographs
fractal patterns on cancer cell surface
Video explaining how fractals can be used to distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissue using the boxcounting-method:
Cells
cytoskeleton fractal
Mathematical patterns rule the behaviour of molecules in the nucleus
DNA
Hidden symetries and fractals in DNA
DNA is folded in fractal globules
Plancton
- Diatom structure and variability of plankton
- Intermittency in the plankton: a multifractal analysis of zooplankton biomass variability
- Obituary for Benoit Mandelbrot in Journal for Plankton Research
- Size distributions and fractal properties of particles during a simulated phytoplankton bloom in a mesocosm
- Fractal Distribution of an Oceanic Copepod Neocalanus cristatus in the Subarctic Pacific
- booon “fractals and multifractals in ecology and aquatic sciences” – Expert Laurent Seuront, contact
Slime molding
Video on how slime molds can solve mazes
Video of slime mold recreating the railway map of Tokyo
Video of scientists investigating the intelligence of a slime mold