New research suggests that the patterns we see in nature may be just shadows of a hidden reality from higher dimensions. Remove ads and unlock PLUS+ content Physicists have found that four-dimensional structures can influence the mechanical and topological properties of quasi-periodic crystals. This discovery confirms that quasicrystals are formed by hidden physics of higher dimensions, and not just random patterns. The study was published in the journal Science, writes Interesting Engineering. A quasiperiodic crystal or quasicrystal is a solid material with an ordered structure that never repeats itself exactly, as happens in ordinary crystals, but follows certain mathematical rules.…