Top: A male Ornate Boxfish (Aracana ornata). Bottom left: A close-up picture of the fish’s natural hexagonal pattern. Bottom center: Fish pattern simulation based on Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory. Bottom right: Diffusiophoresis-enhanced reaction-diffusion simulation. Benjamin Alessio / The Birch Aquarium
Yvaine Ye CU Boulder Nature has no shortage of patterns, from spots on leopards to stripes on zebras and hexagons on boxfish. But a full…
