A new book explores the physical and chemical reasons behind incredible visual structures in the living and non-living world Maris Fessenden Former correspondent There are some imperfections, but for ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists just created a pattern that, according to researchers, is impossible to duplicate or ...

According to a recent study, events geologists use to distinguish transitions between geological chapters in Earth's story follow a hidden hierarchical pattern, one that could shed light on both past ...

Because the electron beam spot is so fine, the patterns reached scales of only a few hundreds of nanometers across. That ...

Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common geometric design. Urchin skeletons display “an incredible diversity of structures at the microscale, varying from fully ordered to ...

Astronomers are getting some answers to an age-old question. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For decades, cosmologists have ...

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) negatively impacts the lives of millions of people worldwide, but more effective treatments could be on the way after researchers were able to identify specific ...

The feeding patterns of black holes offer insight into their size, researchers report. A new study revealed that the flickering in the brightness observed in actively feeding supermassive black holes ...

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