There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

Pattern analysis makes for better image processing. Images on the right were compressed with the conventional JPEG format. Images on the left were reconstructed with a new technique that analyses ...

Science issues are part and parcel of contemporary civic discourse. Many people hope that advances in science will improve people’s lives and enhance the economy. They are anxious to understand what ...

SAN DIEGO — A mathematical tale of how tigers got their stripes and leopards acquired spots has undergone a slight revision. In 1952, computer scientist and polymath Alan Turing devised a theory about ...

The discovery may aid research in both mathematics and materials science. “Prime numbers have beautiful structural properties, including unexpected order, hyperuniformity and effective limit-periodic ...

University of Manitoba researchers are pioneering the use of whisker pattern analysis software to identify and track polar bears in Canada. Whisker print identification can aid polar bear researchers ...

Nature is brimming with beautiful patterns, like the seemingly complex shapes of snowflakes, coastlines, clouds and seashells. But zoom in, and you'll see fractals, meaning the same, simple pattern ...