I HAVE been much interested in Miss Raisin's Royal Society paper “On certain structures formed in the drying of a fluid with particles in suspension,” of which an account appears in NATURE for June 2.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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...." ...

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 ...