The hexagonal patterns only occur on the top and sides of the snake—the skin on the belly has scales but no patterns. The team used a variety of techniques to study the development of the scales ...

are a special type of diamond with carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Formed when graphite is exposed to extreme heat and stress, such as at meteor impact sites, the rare material has ...

Designers have been playing with six-side patterns or gemstones ... with a 3.84-carat sea-blue indicolite tourmaline (price on application). To emphasize the stone’s hexagonal shape, each ...

Nature has no shortage of patterns, from spots on leopards to stripes on zebras and hexagons on boxfish. But a full explanation for how these patterns form has remained elusive. Now engineers at CU ...

When water returned and softened up these cracks, they turned into Y-shaped junctions that make the hexagonal patterns. According to a NASA statement that describes the findings, water does not ...