00:00animals come in all shapes and sizes but also pretty much all patterns those patterns might
00:08function as camouflage aid in finding mates or help them regulate heat but now scientists
00:13may have figured out how they form the researchers liken the process to one you might see when a bit
00:18of ink diffuses in water the colors swirl and create somewhat of a pattern but the difference
00:23is that a well-defined design never emerges so the researchers employ the use of a computer
00:28simulation specifically designed to mimic a process called diffusiophoresis instead diffusiophoresis
00:34is a spontaneous motion of colloidal particles or molecules in a fluid rather than a fluid in a
00:39fluid or a solid in a fluid like other processes and when they conducted their experiments with
00:44these defined parameters they noticed that not only did patterns emerge but they were well defined
00:48just like animal patterns in nature but this isn't all just for curiosity's sake researcher
00:53gupta writes for the conversation that skin patches could be produced that can sense changes
00:58and diagnose medical conditions or monitor a patient's health by detecting changes in biochemical
01:03markers adding that they believe this process may also play an underappreciated role in the development
01:08of infants and tumors
01:11of infants and tumors
01:16you
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