and nature. Romanesco broccoli (which, despite its name, is a hybrid between broccoli and cauliflower) grows in a golden spiral, a pattern based on the golden ratio. The spiral gets wider by a ...

Next time you are touring your garden, walking on wooded trails, or exploring a beachside scenery, look for immaculate ...

While the aesthetics and symmetry of Fibonacci spiral patterns has often attracted scientists, a mathematical or physical explanation for their common occurrence in nature is yet to be discovered.

There are some imperfections, but for the most part these bubbles intersect at three-way junctions with angles close to 120 degrees. This “preference” is dictated by the interplay between the ...

What Do We Mean by Nature's Patterns ... tessellation within natural communities, and the spiral forms and fractal patterns within plants. The closer we look, the more patterns emerge.

"The leader will usually be responsible for blowing the bubbles and the other members will surround the fish, following them to the surface by swimming in spiral patterns to keep the fish trapped." ...

Hundreds of identical spiral patterns had formed on the surface ... This type of process is common in nature but has rarely been observed in laboratory experiments. In biological systems, enzymes ...

In a paper published in Nature Astronomy ... was expected to trigger the spiral pattern in the disk. However, previous attempts to detect the responsible planet have turned up empty—until ...

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 ...