Frost forms different patterns as it spreads across a surface depending upon the level of humidity, a novel imaging technique has revealed. These patterns range from complete surface coverage to ...

When it’s time for an e. coli bacterium to divide, proteins inside the single-celled organism start to chase each other around. “There are two types of proteins doing this, collectively,” said ...

Pattern formation, as a technique, refers to experimental or computational methods used to generate, control, and analyze spatial or spatiotemporal structures in physical, chemical, or biological ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Designing materials that adapt to their surroundings, respond to stimuli, and change shape ...

There are moments when natural scenes feel unsettling because they look designed rather than formed. Hexagonal rock columns, evenly spaced sand ripples, perfectly repeating cloud grids, and ...

(Philipp Tur/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Right on the brink of black hole formation, spacetime can get downright peculiar. This is where familiar physics can become unnervingly strange, and ...