In essence, it’s a type of symmetry breaking. Any two processes that act as activator and inhibitor will produce periodic ...

Imperfections in animal patterns could inspire adaptive materials that shift color, shape, and function like nature itself.

However, computer simulations based on Turing’s idea created spots that were blurrier than those found in nature. In 2023, ...

From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU ...

Researchers have analyzed the shifting patterns of entire dune fields on Earth and Mars, as seen from orbit, and found they are a direct signature of recent environmental change. This new tool can be ...

Late in the Middle Ages, Italian stargazers gave a name to the annual contagion that rolled around each year like clockwork.

The Journal of Arachnology, Vol. 44, No. 2 (2016), pp. 182-193 (12 pages) Rubber plantations in Southeast Asia have expanded greatly in recent decades, thereby increasing the amount of edges bounding ...