Calligraphy beetles display intricate shell patterns resembling ancient writing. These markings aid camouflage, protect ...

Pattern analysis makes for better image processing. Images on the right were compressed with the conventional JPEG format. Images on the left were reconstructed with a new technique that analyses ...

Ever wondered how leopards wear perfect dots or zebra's stripes? Scientists now know that patterns are not random at all. They are guided by nature’s chemistry, mathematics and tiny skin cells. These ...

In a world seemingly filled with chaos, physicists have discovered new forms of synchronization and are learning how to predict and control them. When the incoherent claps of a crowd suddenly become a ...

Science issues are part and parcel of contemporary civic discourse. Many people hope that advances in science will improve people’s lives and enhance the economy. They are anxious to understand what ...

People’s science knowledge sometimes varies by age, race and ethnicity, though the patterns are far from uniform across this set of 12 questions in the new Pew Research survey. On some questions, ...

The discovery may aid research in both mathematics and materials science. “Prime numbers have beautiful structural properties, including unexpected order, hyperuniformity and effective limit-periodic ...

Compact, mixed-use districts are often assumed to naturally produce cleaner travel patterns, but the reality on the ground is ...