Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...

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Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Throughout history, humans have embraced trees for their beauty, ...

A new study reveals how biological branching networks use surface geometry to shape blood vessels, brains, and plants.

Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light ...