Diverging and converging patterns forming on the surface of solidifying liquid metals resemble plotlines in a complex historical novel, in a new international study. The cyclic patterns observed are ...

Bifurcation, in its various forms, manifests itself as a mechanism that leads to divergent growth in the context of pattern formation 1,2. It is widely involved in numerous dynamic phenomena, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Advanced electronics manufacturing demands precise control over multiple layers of functional materials. Each layer - whether conducting electricity, emitting light, or processing ...

"The long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." The opening lines of the great Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms condense its complex and ...