Infectious disease can be a tricky topic to explain, so we designed a workshop including hands-on creativity and specialists in conversation to unpick the important...
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In our collaboration with Wellcome, a pioneering global charitable foundation, we examined the patterns behind one of humanity’s biggest threats: infectious disease....
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Collaborating with Belgian master chocolatier Pierre Marcolini and marquetry specialist Toby Winteringham, we created the delectably geometric Structure of Chocolate .
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Our mission to use pattern to build bridges between disciplines and industries is often described as pioneering, but the exploration of pattern to enhance our...
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The art of photomicrography has revealed intricate structures of Vitamin C or ascorbic acid. Spike Walker and David Maitland explored the complex forms of the everyday...
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Thinker-in-residence at the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra, Australia pondered the patterns of algae he found on a walk. Charles Krebs noted...
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Erin O'Malley's photographs capture the detail and materiality of different elements – from silvery folds to oily slicks. Her video work delves even further into these...
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We can learn from pattern everywhere. Life at the Edge of Sight , a new book that explores the beauty of microbes, captures the invisible universes around us–and inside...
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Conservators at The Costume Institute at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art use micrograph technology to uncover details about garments in their collections, in order to...
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The Whitehouse and Nasa are supporting a National Microbiome Initiative which will investigate microorganisms, with findings having implications for everything from...
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Image from a light microscope (500 ×) from a Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear showing platelets (blue dots) surrounded by red blood cells (pink and circular)
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The structure of snowflakes has been revealed by Beltsville Agricultural Research Center as they electron-scanned snow to study crystal formations. A complex...
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Everyday chemical reactions filmed with a super definition 4K Ultra HD camera reveal popping spots, swirling clouds and branching growths – pattern formations that occur...
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Over the last few months, we've had possibly our most inward time since launching PATTERNITY back in 2009. We've taken a moment of pause (only posting once on our...
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Seeds germinate in the darkness... So in this time of great change, where so many interconnected shadows in our system are finally being exposed and we are realising how...
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The glass wing butterfly uses the best form of camouflage to hide from predators – transparent wings. Micro-patterns of curved bumps that allow light to pass straight...
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The word interstitial means "between spaces" and has been used to describe a recently discovered new human 'organ'. It's surprising, that after all our anatomical...
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Some of the most beautiful patterns appear momentarily or under certain conditions, creating a fleeting moment of wonder. In the case of iridescent bands of colour,...
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Increasingly, people in the creative arts are finding ways to interpret deep science and unseen phenomena. Similarly, scientists are surprised to find serendipity and...
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