Houseplant lovers are probably familiar with Chinese money plants, fast-growing perennials known for their coin-shaped leaves ...

Chinese Money Plant leaves hide a mathematical pattern shaping leaf veins in Voronoi geometry. This discovery shows nature ...

Alternaria leaf blight-Alternaria leaf blight has mostly round lesions with a bulls-eye or concentric ring structure, as do many Alternaria diseases on other crops. Fortunately, lesions do not occur ...

The Chinese money plant, seen here against the backdrop of Cold Spring Harbor, is helping CSHL biologists uncover the mathematical formulas underlying nature itself. Credit: Nick Wurm/CSHL Scientists ...

Leaves look organic. The veins inside them seem to branch and spread at random, shaped by growth and chance. That natural irregularity is part of what makes them beautiful. The Chinese money plant ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring geometric pattern known as a Voronoi diagram, something typically associated ...

Angular leaf spot-Lesions of angular leaf spot may be irregular in shape and water-soaked. Lesions may be present on the margin of the leaf, perhaps due to the presence of hydathodes which may provide ...

The Chinese money plant, commonly seen in homes and offices as a simple ornamental houseplant, is now drawing serious scientific attention. What looks like ordinary greenery may actually be hiding an ...

Branching out: the team says it is the first demonstration of Voronoi diagrams in plant venation patterns. Left: a leaf of the Chinese money plant. Right: A computer model of a Voronoi diagram that ...

Look up at the clouds. What do you see? A sailboat? A seahorse? Your great-aunt Rosemary? As humans, we're prone to seeing patterns where they don't actually exist. This behavior is so common there's ...