Link found between golden ratio and atomic symmetry

Researchers
in Germany and the UK have discovered symmetry hidden in solid state
matter at very small scales. The findings, published in the journal Science,
indicate that symmetry involves the golden ratio famous from art and
architecture. The research was supported in part by the NMI3
('Integrated infrastructure initiative for neutron scattering and muon
spectroscopy') project, which was funded under the 'Coordination of
research activities' Thematic area of the EU's Sixth Framework
Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 21 million.