In praise of nature's spinning, spiraling patterns

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us.

New model finds complex earthquake patterns of the Phlegraean Fields near Naples

The Phlegraean Fields volcanic complex, located beneath the metropolitan area of Naples—a city of 900,000 inhabitants in ...
Medicine Buffalo

We now have the math to describe ‘matrix tides’ and other complex wave patterns seen in Qiantang River

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...
IFLScience

In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple Rules

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Scientists discover fungi produce electrical patterns that resemble the human language

Scientists say fungi produce electrical patterns similar to the human language, sparking interest in their underground ...

Faster 3D Printing Could Be A Simple Pattern Away

For anyone getting annoyed at how long their 3D printed project is taking, this simple pattern update could help speed up the ...
IFLScience

Complex Patterns Of Volatile Gas Found Circulating Around Uranus

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Nanowerk

Scientists capture first images of atoms moving in quantum patterns

Researchers have directly observed zero-point motion in complex molecules, capturing the precise quantum patterns of atoms with the European XFEL X-ray laser. (Nanowerk News) Most of us find it ...