Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and ...

When elementary students experience math through multiple modes, they begin to see it as a language of design, rhythm, and ...

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

Mathematical patterns reveal profound truths about the universe and, surprisingly, about our inner lives as well. These five visual math concepts offer unique frameworks for understanding our behavior ...

On a March day in 2023, Ben Alessio, then a research assistant at CU Boulder, was wandering around the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, California, when he clocked a surprising sight: a male ornate boxfish ...

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.

From leopards to zebras, science explain how nature’s chemical dances create spots, stripes and swirls across animal skins ...

Pure mathematics is concerned with the study of abstract structures and intrinsic properties of mathematical objects, independent of practical applications. This field encompasses a variety of domains ...

Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according ...

This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp ...