Light can tie knots—literally. Engineers at Duke University have managed to manipulate laser beams to form intricate 3D patterns called optical knots, using custom-designed optics. These twisted beams ...

Learn about the optical rotatum, a newfound structure of light that exhibits a spiral pattern linked with various parts of nature.

More information: Lirong Cai et al, Environmental filtering, not dispersal history, explains global patterns of phylogenetic turnover in seed plants at deep evolutionary timescales, Nature Ecology ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

Have you ever felt like the stars are speaking in symbols? That the universe whispers through patterns, numbers, and shapes? Astrology and sacred geometry are two ancient systems that connect us with ...

A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over ... The results were published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Using advanced methods that ...

Their results, which will appear in the journal Nature Physics, provide scientists with a new optical tool for controlling cell shape in its ... just change a cell's pattern of movements but ...

In a world of straight lines and predictable silhouettes, irregular and curved furniture breaks free from traditional design ...