Vol. 376, No. 2113, Theme issue: From atomistic interfaces to dendritic patterns (28 February 2018), pp. 1-30 (30 pages) Motivated by important applications in materials science and geophysics, we ...

Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates alcohol and inks to create tree-like dendritic patterns during a live painting session. Credit: Akiko Nakayama Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates ...

The expanding ink droplet shears the underlying acrylic paint layer—the Marangoni effect. Saw a shop that was selling these as "fern fossils" when I, for once, looked smart when saying, "Actually...." ...