A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human ...

In essence, it’s a type of symmetry breaking. Any two processes that act as activator and inhibitor will produce periodic patterns and can be modeled using Turing’s diffusion function. The challenge ...

It probably looked a little peculiar. A grown man (me), slithering along the hillside on his belly, swimming through thistles and thorns, snapping pictures like a paparazzi gone plant-crazy. But, you ...

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Spots and stripes can be found everywhere in the animal kingdom. From the savannahs of Africa to the coastal waters off southern Australia, countless species boast distinctive markings. For decades, ...

Scientists have been trying for decades to crack the code of how different animal patterns emerge from a mass of developing ...

The study of pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems and convection dynamics has opened new avenues for understanding how complex spatial structures arise from relatively simple underlying ...

The earwig’s delicate, paper-thin wings open to more than ten times their folded size, thanks to its origami-like creases. ETH ZÜRICH and Purdue University Image As the microscopic, tear-shaped ...