Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

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A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...

Geometric analysis of nonlocal interactions and phase patterns investigates the mathematical and physical principles underlying systems in which influences extend beyond immediate contact. This ...