The New Math of Wrinkling Patterns
A comprehensive mathematical framework treats these crinkles as elegant solutions to geometric problems......»»
Engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal
With a split-second muscle contraction, the greater blue-ringed octopus can change the size and color of the namesake patterns on its skin for purposes of deception, camouflage and signaling. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have d.....»»
See the weather patterns on a wild, super hot exoplanet
Planet WASP-121 b has a surface temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which researchers predict would lead to some wild weather phenomena......»»
Here are the ideas Apple patented but likely rejected for the outer Vision Pro display
One of the features that distinguishes Apple’s headset from its rivals is the outer Vision Pro display. This displays colorful abstract patterns when the user is fully immersed in content, and a simulation of their eyes when they are in augmented r.....»»
How antibiotic-resistant bacteria can teach us to modify behavior
Most people want to do something about climate change, but lifestyle trade-offs and a narrowing window to enact broad changes to industrial, transportation, and consumption patterns are daunting enough to make them resist......»»
Following a star: Study explores the remarkable ways traditional cultures use their environment to navigate
A study has shed new light on remarkable feats of navigation from cultures across the world: from sailors in the Marshall Islands using wave patterns to navigate the vast Pacific Ocean to indigenous communities in Alaska using stars to find their way.....»»
Inside the matrix: Nanoscale patterns revealed within model research organism
Species throughout the animal kingdom feature vital interfaces between the outermost layers of their bodies and the environment. Intricate microscopic structures—featured on the outer skin layers of humans, as one example—are known to assemble in.....»»
Viruses as important factors driving the diel dynamics of marine bacterioplankton
The diel cycle is one of the most common periodic patterns in marine ecosystems. Previously, the diel rhythm changes of marine bacterioplankton have often been attributed to factors like bacterial light-dependent physiological mechanisms or their int.....»»
Auto suppliers seek protections from EV programs that might not pan out
The industry’s frenetic shift to EVs prompted the supply base to build out lines for overly ambitious volumes. Now soft demand and production delays have drastically changed the math, and it could leave suppliers holding the bag......»»
Image: Ice flows on Mars
On Aug. 18, 2023, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured ridged lines carved onto Mars' landscape by the gradual movement of ice. While surface ice deposits are mostly limited to Mars' polar caps, these patterns appear in many non-polar Marti.....»»
Machine learning unveils new insights into stress responses for plant health diagnosis
Leaf color patterns, influenced by factors such as leaf age and environmental stress, serve as indicators of plant health in agriculture. The VIS-NIR-SWIR sensor, though effective in measuring these patterns with high resolution, has been limited to.....»»
America"s native population arises from a single wave of Asian migration, suggest dental anthropologists
For more than 50 years, dental anthropologists have studied variation in the shape of human teeth to study the patterns of migration that people took as they populated the world. The last major continental migration event took place about 16,000 year.....»»
Researchers study the risk of glacial lake outbursts in the Third Pole
The Third Pole, which spans the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Himalayas, Hindu Kush, and Tianshan Mountain ranges, is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Warming temperatures and altered rainfall patterns have caused more tha.....»»
AI can teach math teachers how to improve student skills
When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students' math performance improved......»»
A better way of measuring homophily: Uncovering hidden mixing patterns in real-world networks.
It is likely that you have heard of the term "homophily" before. After all, the concept permeates all of our relationships, both in real-life and online—the way we make friends, the way we choose a sexual partner, who we follow on social media, or.....»»
Sexual orientation and earnings appear to be linked, patterns differ for NZ men and women
New Zealand has made substantial progress on promoting LGBTQ+ rights over the past 20 years, including legalizing same-sex civil unions in 2004, legalizing same-sex marriage in 2013, and banning conversion practices in 2022......»»
Study shows diverse college classrooms linked to better STEM learning outcomes for all students
Students achieve better grades in college science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses when those classrooms have higher numbers of underrepresented racial-minority and first-generation college students, according to new research publish.....»»
Study shows precise control of colloids through magnetism is possible
Bayreuth researchers have found ways to control tiny particles in liquids using magnetic patterns. The research results have now been published in Nature Communications under the title "Simultaneous and independent topological control of identical mi.....»»
Using machine learning to identify microbiota patterns important for plant protection
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, the Vorholt lab investigated the properties of plant microbiota involved in host protection against pathogen colonization. They identified the presence of specific strains that confer robust prote.....»»
Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings simply by falling behind less sharply, a new study fin.....»»
New math approach provides insight into memory formation
The simple activity of walking through a room jumpstarts the neurons in the human brain. An explosion of electrochemical events or "neuronal spikes" appears at various times during the action. These spikes in activity, otherwise known as action poten.....»»