Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

After nearly two thousand years, mathematicians have now finally proved that honeybees are among the world's most efficient builders. The 4th century geometer Pappus was one of several ancient Greek ...

UC Riverside chemists have discovered a new way in which nature creates complex patterns: the assembly of molecules with no guidance from an outside source. Potential applications of the finding are ...

Several architecture projects have recently been proposed or completed with hexagonal grids across their fronts. Here are half a dozen examples covered with six-sided shapes. Hexagonal frames cover ...

Around the globe, honeycomb-like patterns form in salt deserts, for example in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley in California or in the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. These salt structures attract tens ...