From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU Boulder scientists refined their previous theory of how animal patterns form and ...
An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality. This image is seen as a Radiating Wavy Pattern Optical Illusion that appears ...
In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...
An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality. This image is seen as a Black-and-White Checkered Spiral Pattern Optical ...
More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists—to ...
There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...
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How animals get their stripes and spots
Animal stripes and spots might look decorative, but they’re the result of deeply complex biological processes that begin long ...
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