Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...
Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...
A new theory enables the simulation of complex pattern formation in biological systems across different spatial and temporal scales. For many processes important for life such as cell division, cell ...
"Local motion detectors in fruit flies sense complex patterns generated by their own motion." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 04 / 220405102857.htm (accessed January 3, 2026).
The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned substances and organisms as they form. Whether in plants and animals or ...
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