Pattern Recognition & Sensing
How biological and artificial systems extract information from noisy environments through gradient-following, signal processing, and spatial inference.
3 pieces in this category
May 2026
- 04 May 7 min
The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells
Chloroplasts must capture light to survive but avoid so much light they're destroyed. The geometry they form teaches how any system optimizes between competing constraints.
Optimization under constraint: how biological systems solve competing design problems - 03 May 6 min
The Virus Your Immune System Learned to Ignore
Epstein-Barr virus infects 95% of people by hiding inside the immune system itself. A new antibody teaches the body a pattern it missed the first time.
How the immune system learns to recognize and neutralize threats it has never encountered