Nature is brimming with color in almost every season. While the majority of colors are matte, some are shiny. Evolutionary biologist Casper van der Kooi wondered why shiny colors are so rare. He ...

The fire salamander moves slowly across the damp forest floor, its black and yellow skin shining in the light. This moment highlights the natural beauty of this rare amphibian, living quietly among ...

A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human eye is drawn to the rhythmic beauty of tiled patterns, which occur ...

A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human eye is drawn to the rhythmic beauty of tiled patterns, which occur ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

The pattern is likely the result of intense competition for scarce resources, Liu said. Arranging themselves in this hyperuniform way can help plants survive with limited water. If they are too close ...

Define an interface for creating an object using the Factory Method Pattern, but let subclasses decide which class to instantiate. This creational design pattern lets a class defer instantiation to ...

Many people know that some animals have more than two eyes, but the variety and function of these extra eyes might surprise you. From reptiles with a hidden “third eye” that senses light, to insects ...

Abstract: Detecting and analyzing complex patterns in multivariate time-series data is crucial for decision-making in urban and environmental system operations. However, challenges arise from the high ...

2 Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response, Beijing, China Background While numerous ophthalmology-specific cohort studies have been conducted in China, there is ...