Why imperfection could be key to Turing patterns in nature

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

Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and ...
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How animals really get their 'perfectly imperfect' spots and stripes

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists.
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The Creepiest Patterns in Nature How Animals Accidentally Trigger Trypophobia

For some, nature’s designs are mesmerizing; for others, terrifying. From pufferfish skin to bee hives and marine sponges, this documentary examines how certain animals unintentionally spark ...

Simple DNA switch helps tropical butterflies change wing patterns with the seasons

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a simple DNA "switch" that helps tropical ...
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Plants self-organize in a 'hidden order,' echoing pattern found across nature

Scientists have uncovered a "hidden order" in drylands across the planet, where plants follow disordered hyperuniformity — a layout that looks random and disorganized up close but adheres to a clear ...

'Singing' electrons synchronize in Kagome crystals, revealing geometry-driven quantum coherence

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg have discovered a striking ...