:root {
    --ink: #020a16;
    --panel: #061321;
    --panel2: #091b2d;
    --cyan: #25d9ff;
    --blue: #3b82f6;
    --text: #f1f7fc;
    --muted: #93a9be;
    --line: #17344d;
    --max: 1320px
}

* {
    box-sizing: border-box
}

html {
    scroll-behavior: smooth
}

body {
    margin: 0;
    background: var(--ink);
    color: var(--text);
    font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif
}

a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none
}

.site-header {
    height: 92px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 42px;
    max-width: var(--max);
    padding: 0 28px;
    margin: auto;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 20
}

.brand {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 15px;
    font-family: Drupadi,"Drupadi Regular",Arial,sans-serif;
    font-size: 22px;
    letter-spacing: .22em;
    font-weight: 400;
    white-space: nowrap
}

    .brand > span > span {
        font-weight: 400
    }

.mark {
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    position: relative;
    border: 1px solid #1c93c8;
    clip-path: polygon(50% 0,95% 24%,95% 76%,50% 100%,5% 76%,5% 24%)
}

    .mark i {
        position: absolute;
        width: 5px;
        height: 5px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: var(--cyan);
        box-shadow: 0 0 8px var(--cyan)
    }

        .mark i:nth-child(1) {
            left: 18px;
            top: 1px
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(2) {
            right: 1px;
            top: 9px
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(3) {
            right: 1px;
            bottom: 9px
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(4) {
            left: 18px;
            bottom: 1px
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(5) {
            left: 1px;
            bottom: 9px
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(6) {
            left: 1px;
            top: 9px
        }

.site-header nav {
    display: flex;
    gap: 34px;
    margin-left: auto
}

    .site-header nav a {
        color: #b7c5d2;
        font-size: 15px;
        transition: .2s
    }

        .site-header nav a:hover {
            color: var(--cyan)
        }

.nav-cta {
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding-left: 30px;
    font-size: 14px
}

    .nav-cta span {
        color: var(--cyan)
    }

.menu-toggle {
    display: none;
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    padding: 10px
}

    .menu-toggle span {
        display: block;
        height: 1px;
        background: var(--cyan);
        margin: 7px 0
    }

.hero {
    min-height: 760px;
    max-width: 1440px;
    margin: auto;
    padding: 118px max(28px,calc((100% - 1320px)/2)) 32px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden
}

    .hero:before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(31,91,131,.08) 1px,transparent 1px),linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(31,91,131,.08) 1px,transparent 1px);
        background-size: 46px 46px;
        mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,black,transparent 78%)
    }

.hero-art {
    position: absolute;
    right: -4%;
    top: 25px;
    width: 68%;
    height: 650px;
    background: url('/images/swarm-intelligence-hero.png') center/cover no-repeat;
    mix-blend-mode: screen;
    mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg,transparent 0%,#000 17%,#000 88%,transparent 100%);
    opacity: .96
}

.hero-copy {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
    max-width: 720px
}

.eyebrow {
    color: var(--cyan) !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: .2em;
    font-size: 12px !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin: 0 0 24px
}

.hero h1 {
    font-weight: 300;
    letter-spacing: -.047em;
    font-size: 72px;
    line-height: 1.03;
    margin: 0 0 22px
}

    .hero h1 span {
        color: #eef6ff
    }

.hero-copy > p:not(.eyebrow) {
    max-width: 610px;
    color: #a6b8c8;
    font-size: 20px;
    line-height: 1.65
}

.actions {
    display: flex;
    gap: 16px;
    margin-top: 30px
}

.button {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 38px;
    padding: 16px 24px;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14px
}

.primary {
    background: var(--cyan);
    color: #00101d;
    border-color: var(--cyan);
    box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(37,217,255,.18)
}

.secondary {
    border-color: #24b8dd;
    background: rgba(2,10,22,.7)
}

.hero-proof {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 3;
    bottom: 24px;
    left: max(28px,calc((100% - 1320px)/2));
    right: max(28px,calc((100% - 1320px)/2));
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: .8fr .8fr 1.4fr;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    background: rgba(3,14,27,.82);
    backdrop-filter: blur(12px)
}

    .hero-proof div {
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        gap: 16px;
        padding: 24px 28px;
        border-right: 1px solid var(--line)
    }

        .hero-proof div:last-child {
            border: 0
        }

    .hero-proof b {
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: 300;
        color: var(--cyan)
    }

    .hero-proof div:last-child b {
        font-size: 19px;
        letter-spacing: .08em;
        white-space: nowrap
    }

    .hero-proof span {
        color: #b7c6d4;
        font-size: 13px;
        line-height: 1.5
    }

.section {
    max-width: var(--max);
    margin: auto;
    padding: 110px 28px
}

.section-heading {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: flex-end;
    gap: 60px;
    margin-bottom: 58px
}

    .section-heading h2, .section > h2 {
        font-size: 52px;
        line-height: 1.1;
        letter-spacing: -.04em;
        font-weight: 300;
        margin: 0
    }

    .section-heading > p {
        max-width: 560px;
        color: var(--muted);
        font-size: 17px;
        line-height: 1.75
    }

.intro {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.research-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2,1fr);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line)
}

    .research-grid article {
        padding: 40px;
        border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
        min-height: 270px
    }

        .research-grid article > span, .full-algorithms article span, .application-grid article span {
            color: #4d7798;
            font-size: 12px;
            letter-spacing: .16em
        }

    .research-grid h3 {
        font-size: 24px;
        font-weight: 400;
        margin: 36px 0 16px
    }

    .research-grid p, .research-grid a {
        color: var(--muted);
        line-height: 1.7
    }

    .research-grid a {
        display: inline-block;
        color: var(--cyan);
        font-size: 13px;
        margin-top: 20px
    }

.algorithms {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg,transparent,#061321)
}

.text-link {
    color: var(--cyan);
    font-size: 13px
}

.algorithm-strip {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr);
    gap: 16px
}

    .algorithm-strip article {
        background: var(--panel2);
        border: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 30px;
        min-height: 390px;
        position: relative
    }

        .algorithm-strip article > span {
            position: absolute;
            right: 25px;
            color: #41617d
        }

.node-icon {
    font-size: 44px;
    color: var(--cyan);
    margin: 30px 0 48px
}

.algorithm-strip article > p {
    color: var(--cyan);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: .14em
}

.algorithm-strip h3 {
    font-size: 25px;
    font-weight: 400;
    min-height: 62px
}

.algorithm-strip small {
    color: var(--muted);
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.65
}

.featured {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr;
    gap: 110px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

    .featured h2 {
        font-size: 86px;
        margin: 0;
        font-weight: 200;
        letter-spacing: -.05em
    }

    .featured h3 {
        font-size: 28px;
        font-weight: 300;
        max-width: 700px
    }

    .featured > div > p:not(.eyebrow) {
        color: var(--muted);
        font-size: 16px;
        line-height: 1.7
    }

.tags {
    display: flex;
    gap: 10px;
    margin-top: 28px
}

    .tags span {
        border: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 8px 12px;
        color: #a9bdd0;
        font-size: 12px
    }

.publication-meta {
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding-left: 50px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center
}

    .publication-meta span {
        color: #597792;
        font-size: 11px;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        letter-spacing: .15em;
        margin-top: 18px
    }

    .publication-meta b {
        font-size: 17px;
        margin: 8px 0
    }

    .publication-meta a {
        color: var(--cyan);
        margin-top: 34px
    }

.pub-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr 30px;
    gap: 26px;
    align-items: center;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding: 30px 8px;
    transition: .2s
}

    .pub-row:hover {
        background: #071522;
        padding-left: 18px
    }

    .pub-row > span {
        color: #66859f
    }

    .pub-row small {
        color: var(--cyan);
        text-transform: uppercase;
        letter-spacing: .12em
    }

    .pub-row h3, .pub-row h2 {
        font-size: 19px;
        font-weight: 400;
        line-height: 1.4;
        margin: 7px 0
    }

    .pub-row p {
        color: var(--muted);
        margin: 0
    }

    .pub-row > b {
        color: var(--cyan)
    }

.cta {
    padding: 120px 28px;
    text-align: center;
    background: radial-gradient(circle at center,rgba(14,88,128,.34),transparent 55%)
}

    .cta h2 {
        font-size: 64px;
        line-height: 1.05;
        font-weight: 300;
        margin: 0
    }

        .cta h2 span {
            color: #7e97ad
        }

    .cta > p:not(.eyebrow) {
        color: var(--muted);
        max-width: 650px;
        margin: 28px auto
    }

    .cta .button {
        margin-top: 20px
    }

.compact {
    max-width: none
}

    .compact h2 {
        font-size: 48px
    }

.page-hero {
    max-width: var(--max);
    margin: auto;
    padding: 140px 28px 110px;
    min-height: 500px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

    .page-hero:after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        width: 450px;
        height: 450px;
        border: 1px solid #0c5676;
        border-radius: 50%;
        right: -60px;
        top: 30px;
        box-shadow: 0 0 80px rgba(22,168,218,.11),inset 0 0 80px rgba(22,168,218,.08)
    }

    .page-hero h1 {
        font-size: 68px;
        line-height: 1.05;
        max-width: 940px;
        font-weight: 300;
        letter-spacing: -.05em;
        margin: 0
    }

.page-lead {
    max-width: 700px;
    color: var(--muted);
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 1.7;
    margin-top: 30px
}

.discipline-list article {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 30px;
    padding: 55px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.discipline-list span {
    color: var(--cyan)
}

.discipline-list h2 {
    font-weight: 300;
    font-size: 30px;
    margin: 0
}

.discipline-list p, .method p, .lineage p, .about-grid p {
    color: var(--muted);
    line-height: 1.8;
    margin: 0
}

.method {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.method-steps {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
    margin-top: 70px;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding: 28px
}

    .method-steps span {
        color: var(--muted);
        font-size: 12px;
        line-height: 2
    }

    .method-steps b {
        color: var(--text);
        font-size: 14px
    }

    .method-steps i {
        color: var(--cyan)
    }

.full-algorithms {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2,1fr);
    gap: 16px
}

    .full-algorithms article {
        border: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 40px;
        min-height: 300px;
        background: var(--panel)
    }

        .full-algorithms article > div {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between
        }

            .full-algorithms article > div b {
                color: var(--cyan);
                letter-spacing: .1em
            }

    .full-algorithms h2 {
        font-weight: 300;
        font-size: 28px;
        margin: 60px 0 15px
    }

    .full-algorithms p {
        color: var(--muted);
        line-height: 1.7
    }

    .full-algorithms small {
        display: block;
        color: #547691;
        margin-top: 25px;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding-top: 18px
    }

.lineage {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

    .lineage p {
        max-width: 700px;
        margin-top: 24px
    }

.publication-list {
    padding-top: 50px
}

.pub-head {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr 30px;
    gap: 26px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #54718a;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: .15em;
    padding: 0 8px 16px
}

.citation-note {
    padding-top: 30px
}

    .citation-note p {
        border-left: 2px solid var(--cyan);
        padding: 25px;
        color: var(--muted);
        max-width: 760px;
        line-height: 1.7
    }

.application-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2,1fr);
    gap: 16px
}

    .application-grid article {
        border: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 45px;
        min-height: 240px
    }

    .application-grid h2 {
        font-weight: 300;
        font-size: 32px;
        margin: 55px 0 16px
    }

    .application-grid p {
        color: var(--muted);
        line-height: 1.7
    }

.about-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 80px
}

    .about-grid h2 {
        font-size: 48px;
        font-weight: 300
    }

    .about-grid p {
        margin-bottom: 20px
    }

.people {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

    .people article {
        display: flex;
        gap: 30px;
        align-items: center;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 35px 0
    }

    .people h2 {
        font-size: 25px;
        font-weight: 400;
        margin: 0 0 8px
    }

    .people p {
        color: var(--muted);
        margin: 0
    }

.avatar {
    width: 74px;
    height: 74px;
    border: 1px solid var(--cyan);
    border-radius: 50%;
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    color: var(--cyan)
}

.contact-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.2fr;
    gap: 100px
}

    .contact-grid h2 {
        font-size: 38px;
        font-weight: 300
    }

    .contact-grid li {
        color: var(--muted);
        padding: 15px 0;
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
    }

form {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 24px
}

label {
    color: #91abc0;
    font-size: 12px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: .12em
}

    label:nth-child(4) {
        grid-column: 1/-1
    }

input, textarea {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 15px;
    background: #061422;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    color: white;
    font: inherit
}

textarea {
    min-height: 150px;
    resize: vertical
}

form button {
    width: max-content
}

form small {
    color: #59748a;
    align-self: center
}

.form-confirmation {
    grid-column: 1/-1;
    display: grid;
    gap: 8px;
    margin-top: 8px;
    padding: 20px 22px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(37,217,255,.42);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--cyan);
    background: rgba(37,217,255,.07);
    color: var(--text);
    outline: none
}

.form-confirmation[hidden] { display: none }
.form-confirmation b { color: var(--cyan); font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600 }
.form-confirmation span { color: #a9bdd0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6 }
form button:disabled { cursor: default; opacity: .78 }

footer {
    max-width: var(--max);
    margin: auto;
    padding: 70px 28px 28px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 60px;
    color: var(--muted)
}

/* Research-laboratory identity and structured programme composition. */
.brand-copy {
    display: grid;
    line-height: 1
}

.brand-name {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap
}

.brand-copy small {
    margin-top: 7px;
    color: #65849e;
    font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
    font-size: 9px;
    font-weight: 400;
    letter-spacing: .045em;
    white-space: nowrap
}

.principle-grid,.question-grid,.theme-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.principle-grid article,.question-grid article,.theme-grid article {
    min-height: 280px;
    padding: 38px;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    background: linear-gradient(145deg,rgba(9,27,45,.72),rgba(2,10,22,.26))
}

.principle-grid span,.question-grid span,.theme-grid b {
    color: var(--cyan);
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: .18em;
    text-transform: uppercase
}

.principle-grid h2,.question-grid h2,.theme-grid h2 {
    margin: 62px 0 18px;
    font-size: 27px;
    font-weight: 300;
    line-height: 1.2
}

.principle-grid p,.question-grid p,.theme-grid p,.contact-note {
    color: var(--muted);
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.75
}

.research-questions,.algorithm-themes,.translation,.lab-principles {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.lab-facts {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4,1fr);
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 110px
}

.lab-facts div {
    display: flex;
    min-height: 155px;
    padding: 30px;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-right: 0;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: space-between
}

.lab-facts div:last-child { border-right: 1px solid var(--line) }
.lab-facts b { color: var(--cyan); font-size: 31px; font-weight: 300 }
.lab-facts span { color: var(--muted); font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5 }

.translation-flow {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr auto 1fr auto 1fr;
    align-items: center;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    background: rgba(6,19,33,.6)
}

.translation-flow span {
    min-height: 112px;
    display: flex;
    gap: 16px;
    padding: 28px;
    align-items: center;
    color: #c5d3de;
    font-size: 13px
}

.translation-flow b { color: var(--cyan); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .14em }
.translation-flow i { color: #346984; font-style: normal }
.contact-note { margin-top: 34px; padding-left: 18px; border-left: 2px solid var(--cyan) }

.full-algorithms article,.application-grid article,.research-grid article {
    transition: border-color .25s,transform .25s,background .25s
}

.full-algorithms article:hover,.application-grid article:hover,.research-grid article:hover {
    border-color: #27647f;
    background: #081a2a;
    transform: translateY(-3px)
}

    footer > div > p {
        font-size: 13px
    }

.footer-links {
    display: flex;
    gap: 110px
}

    .footer-links div {
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: 12px
    }

    .footer-links b {
        color: var(--text);
        font-size: 12px;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        letter-spacing: .13em;
        margin-bottom: 10px
    }

    .footer-links a {
        font-size: 13px
    }

.legal {
    grid-column: 1/-1;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    padding-top: 24px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    font-size: 11px
}

@media(max-width:900px) {
    .site-header {
        height: 78px
    }

    .menu-toggle {
        display: block;
        margin-left: auto
    }

    .site-header nav {
        display: none;
        position: absolute;
        left: 20px;
        right: 20px;
        top: 72px;
        padding: 20px;
        background: rgba(3,14,27,.98);
        border: 1px solid var(--line);
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: 0;
        box-shadow: 0 20px 50px rgba(0,0,0,.35)
    }

        .site-header nav.open {
            display: flex
        }

        .site-header nav a {
            padding: 14px;
            border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
        }

    .nav-cta {
        margin-left: 0
    }

    .hero {
        padding-top: 90px;
        min-height: 860px
    }

    .hero-art {
        width: 100%;
        right: -25%;
        top: 190px;
        opacity: .65
    }

    .hero h1, .page-hero h1 {
        font-size: 52px
    }

    .hero-proof { grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr) }

    .principle-grid,.question-grid,.theme-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr }
    .lab-facts { grid-template-columns: repeat(2,1fr) }
    .lab-facts div:nth-child(2) { border-right: 1px solid var(--line) }
    .translation-flow { grid-template-columns: 1fr }
    .translation-flow i { padding-left: 50%; transform: rotate(90deg) }

    .section-heading, .featured, .about-grid, .contact-grid {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        display: grid;
        gap: 32px
    }

    .research-grid, .full-algorithms, .application-grid {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr
    }

    .algorithm-strip {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr
    }

    .discipline-list article {
        grid-template-columns: 50px 1fr
    }

        .discipline-list article p {
            grid-column: 2
        }

    .method-steps {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 15px
    }

        .method-steps i {
            transform: rotate(90deg)
        }

    .publication-meta {
        border-left: 0;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
        padding: 25px 0
    }

    .section {
        padding-top: 80px;
        padding-bottom: 80px
    }
}

@media(max-width:600px) {
    .brand {
        font-size: 17px
    }

    .mark {
        width: 34px;
        height: 34px
    }

    .nav-cta {
        font-size: 0;
        padding-left: 16px
    }

        .nav-cta span {
            font-size: 20px
        }

    .hero {
        padding-top: 65px
    }

    .hero { min-height: 930px }

        .hero h1, .page-hero h1 {
            font-size: 43px
        }

    .hero-copy > p:not(.eyebrow) {
        font-size: 17px
    }

    .hero-art {
        top: 300px;
        height: 430px;
        right: -12%
    }

    .actions {
        align-items: stretch;
        flex-direction: column;
        width: max-content
    }

    .hero-proof {
        position: absolute;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        bottom: 14px
    }

        .hero-proof div {
            padding: 14px;
            gap: 9px
        }

        .hero-proof b {
            font-size: 20px
        }

        .hero-proof span {
            font-size: 10px
        }

        .hero-proof div { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line) }
        .hero-proof div:last-child { border-bottom: 0 }
        .hero-proof div:last-child b { font-size: 15px }

    .lab-facts { grid-template-columns: 1fr }
    .lab-facts div { border-right: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 0 }
    .lab-facts div:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line) }
    .brand-copy small { display: none }

    .section-heading h2, .section > h2, .cta h2 {
        font-size: 40px
    }

    .research-grid article {
        padding: 28px
    }

    .featured h2 {
        font-size: 64px
    }

    .tags {
        flex-wrap: wrap
    }

    .page-hero {
        padding-top: 90px
    }

    .pub-row {
        grid-template-columns: 50px 1fr 16px;
        gap: 12px
    }

        .pub-row h2 {
            font-size: 15px
        }

    .pub-head {
        display: none
    }

    .contact-grid {
        gap: 50px
    }

    form {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr
    }

    label:nth-child(4) {
        grid-column: auto
    }

    .footer-links {
        gap: 50px
    }

    footer {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr
    }

    .legal {
        grid-column: auto;
        display: grid;
        gap: 8px
    }
}

/* Slow ambient pulse for the collaboration call to action. */
.cta {
    position: relative;
    isolation: isolate;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: var(--ink)
}

    .cta:before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        z-index: -1;
        inset: -20% -10%;
        pointer-events: none;
        background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 53%,rgba(21,132,191,.45) 0%,rgba(10,79,122,.25) 27%,rgba(3,30,53,.1) 48%,transparent 68%);
        opacity: .45;
        transform: scale(.82);
        filter: blur(7px);
        animation: collaboration-glow 6.5s cubic-bezier(.45,0,.55,1) infinite
    }

@keyframes collaboration-glow {
    0%,100% {
        opacity: .3;
        transform: scale(.78)
    }

    50% {
        opacity: 1;
        transform: scale(1.08)
    }
}
/*@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.cta:before{animation:none;opacity:.58;transform:none}}*/

/* Preserve the hero's luminosity across browser compositing engines. */
.hero-art {
    mix-blend-mode: normal;
    z-index: 1;
    opacity: .9
}

/* Living synaptic layer: impulses travel between nodes over the static swarm artwork. */
.synaptic-field {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: 1;
    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: .92;
    mix-blend-mode: screen;
    mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg,transparent 30%,#000 51%,#000 100%)
}

.hero-copy, .hero-proof {
    z-index: 3
}
/*@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.synaptic-field{display:none}}*/
@media(max-width:900px) {
    .synaptic-field {
        mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 12%,#000 42%,#000 100%);
        opacity: .72
    }
}

/* Swarm identity motion: particles reorganise while the network breathes. */
.mark {
    overflow: visible;
    animation: mark-drift 8s ease-in-out infinite;
    isolation: isolate
}

    .mark:before, .mark:after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        inset: 8px 5px;
        border: 1px solid rgba(37,217,255,.24);
        transform: rotate(30deg);
        animation: mark-network 4.8s ease-in-out infinite;
        z-index: -1
    }

    .mark:after {
        inset: 12px 9px;
        transform: rotate(-30deg);
        animation-delay: -2.4s
    }

    .mark i {
        animation: swarm-node 3.8s ease-in-out infinite;
        will-change: transform,opacity
    }

        .mark i:nth-child(2) {
            animation-delay: -.65s
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(3) {
            animation-delay: -1.3s
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(4) {
            animation-delay: -1.95s
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(5) {
            animation-delay: -2.6s
        }

        .mark i:nth-child(6) {
            animation-delay: -3.25s
        }

@keyframes mark-drift {
    0%,100% {
        transform: rotate(-2deg) scale(.98)
    }

    50% {
        transform: rotate(3deg) scale(1.04)
    }
}

@keyframes mark-network {
    0%,100% {
        opacity: .18;
        transform: rotate(25deg) scale(.72)
    }

    50% {
        opacity: .7;
        transform: rotate(42deg) scale(1.05)
    }
}

@keyframes swarm-node {
    0%,100% {
        transform: translate(0,0) scale(.7);
        opacity: .48
    }

    35% {
        transform: translate(3px,-2px) scale(1.35);
        opacity: 1
    }

    70% {
        transform: translate(-2px,2px) scale(.92);
        opacity: .72
    }
}

/* Every interior-page orbit is alive; alternate pages reverse its flow. */
.page-hero:after {
    display: none
}

.page-orbit {
    position: absolute;
    width: 450px;
    height: 450px;
    right: -60px;
    top: 30px;
    border: 1px solid #0c5676;
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow: 0 0 80px rgba(22,168,218,.11),inset 0 0 80px rgba(22,168,218,.08);
    animation: orbit-breathe 7s ease-in-out infinite;
    pointer-events: none
}

    .page-orbit:before, .page-orbit:after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        border-radius: 50%;
        inset: 13%;
        border: 1px solid rgba(37,217,255,.08);
        animation: orbit-inner 11s linear infinite
    }

    .page-orbit:after {
        inset: 31%;
        animation-duration: 7s;
        animation-direction: reverse
    }

    .page-orbit i {
        position: absolute;
        left: 50%;
        top: 50%;
        width: 4px;
        height: 4px;
        margin: -2px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        background: var(--cyan);
        box-shadow: 0 0 10px var(--cyan);
        transform: rotate(calc(var(--n) * 30deg)) translateX(224px);
        animation: particle-flicker 3.6s ease-in-out infinite
    }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(1) {
            --n: 0
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(2) {
            --n: 1;
            animation-delay: -.3s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(3) {
            --n: 2;
            animation-delay: -.6s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(4) {
            --n: 3;
            animation-delay: -.9s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(5) {
            --n: 4;
            animation-delay: -1.2s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(6) {
            --n: 5;
            animation-delay: -1.5s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(7) {
            --n: 6;
            animation-delay: -1.8s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(8) {
            --n: 7;
            animation-delay: -2.1s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(9) {
            --n: 8;
            animation-delay: -2.4s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(10) {
            --n: 9;
            animation-delay: -2.7s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(11) {
            --n: 10;
            animation-delay: -3s
        }

        .page-orbit i:nth-child(12) {
            --n: 11;
            animation-delay: -3.3s
        }

.orbit-reverse .page-orbit {
    animation-direction: reverse
}

    .orbit-reverse .page-orbit:before {
        animation-direction: reverse
    }

    .orbit-reverse .page-orbit:after {
        animation-direction: normal
    }

@keyframes orbit-breathe {
    0%,100% {
        transform: rotate(0deg) scale(.94);
        opacity: .48
    }

    50% {
        transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.04);
        opacity: 1
    }
}

@keyframes orbit-inner {
    to {
        transform: rotate(360deg) scale(1.08)
    }
}

@keyframes particle-flicker {
    0%,100% {
        opacity: .16;
        filter: blur(.4px)
    }

    42% {
        opacity: 1;
        filter: none
    }

    62% {
        opacity: .42
    }
}

@media(max-width:600px) {
    .page-orbit {
        width: 330px;
        height: 330px;
        right: -145px;
        top: 48px
    }

        .page-orbit i {
            transform: rotate(calc(var(--n) * 30deg)) translateX(164px)
        }
}
/*@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.mark,.mark:before,.mark:after,.mark i,.page-orbit,.page-orbit:before,.page-orbit:after,.page-orbit i{animation:none}}*/