Vol. 376, No. 2113, Theme issue: From atomistic interfaces to dendritic patterns (28 February 2018), pp. 1-30 (30 pages) Motivated by important applications in materials science and geophysics, we ...

Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa as “Damhán Alla”, which ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Biological communities often occur in spatially structured habitats where connectivity directly affects dispersal and metacommunity processes.

Satellite views of Earth's major river systems reveal their familiar treelike drainage patterns. The pattern - called dendritic - and its prevalence suggests that it may be the optimal state in which ...

Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects. "For me science isn't a subject, ...

Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates alcohol and inks to create tree-like dendritic patterns during a live painting session. Credit: Akiko Nakayama Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates ...

The expanding ink droplet shears the underlying acrylic paint layer—the Marangoni effect. Saw a shop that was selling these as "fern fossils" when I, for once, looked smart when saying, "Actually...." ...

A new study by former University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate student Jeffrey Kwang, now at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Abigail Langston, of Kansas State University; and ...

Branching out: Fractals emerge when inks mixed with alcohol are applied to a surface coated with a layer of acrylic paint (Courtesy: Akiko Nakayama) Two researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science ...