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

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Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Nature is alive with a special type of pattern called fractals. From the smallest ice crystal to the vastness of the galaxy, fractals are the building blocks of the natural world.

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 ...

A new report by an industry watchdog adds to growing scientific consensus that as forests are felled to make way for coffee ...