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In the quasicrystals that the Michigan team studied, the rhombic triacontahedrons forced quasiperiodic patterns and appeared to require relatively little energy.—Patchen Barss, Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025 In simulations, the geometry of a rhombic shape appeared to harvest more light rays than a rectangular shape.—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2016