Sea urchin tubercules found to have a Voronoi pattern
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Italy, working with a colleague from the U.S., has found that sea urchin spine joiners have bone formations that conform to a Voronoi pattern. In their paper published in Journal of the Ro.....»»
Urchin harvesters tried to reduce protections for sea otters: Here"s why it didn"t work
Sea Otter Savvy monitors the animals in the Morro Bay Harbor, tracking their behavior and watching how they react to their environment. Sea otters remain a threatened species in California......»»
Stellantis workers in Canada threaten Unifor"s pattern bargaining
Unifor Local 444 President Dave Cassidy, who represents about 4,800 hourly workers at a Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., says he will press the automaker to include its EV battery plant in the next collective agreement between the two part.....»»
Unifor, GM have "major issues left unresolved" as deadline looms Monday
Unifor President Lana Payne says the union has made progress in numerous areas, but is facing resistance on “a number of important elements of the pattern agreement established with Ford Motor Co. [of Canada].”.....»»
How Arctic landscapes and Canadian cityscapes share a similar pattern
The year 2023 has been one of extremes, from heat waves that baked millions across the globe and made the summer the world's hottest on record to the fires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate across Western Canada. From the feel of surprising w.....»»
Study identifies jet-stream pattern that locks in extreme winter cold, wet spells
Winter is coming—eventually. And while the Earth is warming, a new study suggests that the atmosphere is being pushed around in ways that cause long bouts of extreme winter cold or wet in some regions......»»
Extreme fires and heavy rainfall driving platypuses from their homes
Australia's emerging pattern of severe mega bushfires and heavy rainfall may be driving platypuses from their homes, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has shown......»»
Why It"s Too Soon to Call It Covid Season
Covid seems to spike twice a year—but unlike with flu season, not in a predictable pattern. That could be due to the virus, the environment, or the people it is infecting......»»
Researchers invent a new metallization method of modified tannic acid photoresist patterning
The micro/nano metal pattern formation is a key step in the assembly of various devices. However, ex situ approaches of metal patterning limited their industrial applications due to the poor stability and dispersion of metal nanoparticles. The in sit.....»»
Computer simulation explains mysterious rock patterns seen from Czech Republic to Mars
In geology, honeycombs are an intriguing pattern of small cavities on rock surfaces found in coastal regions, wet areas, deserts, and even on Mars. They are fascinating to look at in natural objects and a bane of historic buildings and monuments. Des.....»»
GM picked as next bargaining target by Unifor in Canada
Unifor picked General Motors Canada as its next bargaining target, a day after union members narrowly ratified a three-year collective agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada that set the pattern for this year’s auto talks......»»
Red Sea corals threatened by mystery sea urchin deaths
The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn—the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease......»»
Precisely arranging nanoparticles to develop plasmonic molecules
In the incredibly small world of molecules, the elementary building blocks—the atoms—join together in a very regular pattern. In contrast, in the macroscopic world with its larger particles, there is much greater disorder when particles connect......»»
Synergy of traditional techniques and deep learning enables single-frame high-precision fringe pattern analysis
Optical metrology, as a general-purpose metrology technique that uses light as information carriers for non-contact and non-destructive measurement, is fundamental to manufacturing, basic research, and engineering applications......»»
Meet the small origami robot with potential for big things
CurveQuad is a quadruped designed and based on an origami pattern. CurveQuad is a quadruped designed and based on an origami pattern. Utilizing a curved crease rather than a straight line that most imagine when thinking of origami, CurveQuad is.....»»
Rumored iPhone 15 Pro box could break a packaging pattern
A leaker claims to know what Apple's packaging for the iPhone 15 Pro will look like, but the claim seems to break a pattern in how Apple displays the iPhone on the box.A rumored iPhone 15 Pro box render [X/@chandlerbongzz]Apple is potentially weeks a.....»»
French grape-pickers wilt as "heat dome" temperatures top 40C
Grape-pickers were out in French vineyards Tuesday bringing in this year's harvest in "torrid" conditions as temperatures shot past 40C in some areas of the country during a "heat dome" weather pattern that has brought misery to millions......»»
Patchwork of Wnt signaling ligands and receptors pattern the wings of butterflies, researchers discover
Wnt signaling is a well-known mode of cell-to-cell communication in multicellular biological organisms. It involves the secretion of small Wnt glycoproteins, by signaling cells, that bind to receptor proteins in the membrane of receiving cells. This.....»»
How to beat Mother Mind in Remnant 2
This optional boss can be a little bit tricky if you're not sure how to work around its pattern. Don't keep falling to your death, though – let us help......»»
Namibian fairy circle debate rages on: Sand termites or Turing mechanism? [Updated]
Study offers four-point rebuttal to 2022 claim that they're a kind of eco-Turing pattern. Enlarge / Bare, reddish-hued circular patches in the Namib Desert known as "fairy circles" are also found in northwestern Australia. (cred.....»»
The Namibian fairy circle debate rages on: Could it be sand termites after all?
Study offers four-point rebuttal to 2022 claim that they're a kind of eco-Turing pattern. Enlarge / Bare, reddish-hued circular patches in the Namib Desert known as "fairy circles" are also found in northwestern Australia. (cred.....»»