Sizing Up Complex Webs: Close or far, many networks look the same

Researchers have discovered that a remarkable diversity of complex networks, including the World Wide Web and patterns in cellular biochemistry, have a common architecture with snowflakes and trees. These networks all display similar patterns, whether viewed from up close or far away.

FRACTAL BURST. In the World Wide Web, links between individual nodes follow patterns similar to those of links between clusters of nodes, between clusters of clusters, and so on.