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For almost twenty years, the research group led by Heinrich Begehr at Freie Universität Berlin's Institute of Mathematics has been investigating what are known as the "Berlin mirror tilings."

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

This wiggle room allows nanoparticles with imperfect shapes to create tilings like those of the perfect shapes.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

Named “Spectres,” these monotiles, owing to their curvy contours, only allow nonperiodic tilings, and without reflections.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2023

He created a new method for proving aperiodicity that could be performed by hand, without a computer, by showing that the einstein hat is connected to other well-known tilings that are easier to study.

From Scientific American Apr. 10, 2023

In the cabin, I was suddenly the man there, the one to protect the family, if tilings went wrong.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson