Figure 1. (IMAGE) Research Organization of Information and Systems Caption Figure 1: Stable quasicrystals (QC) and approximants (AC) that have been discovered so far. a. Annual trend in the discovery of new thermodynamically stable quasicrystals (blue) and approximant crystals (orange) in aluminum alloys. b. Distribution of the compositional dataset that was visualized onto a two-dimensional space. Credit © The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Usage Restrictions Credit required. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.