New multiscale view of the human brain
Credit: M. Zhenga et al. /PNAS The architecture of the brain supports cognitive and behavioural functions and it is extremely ...
Tag: Systems/Chaos/Pattern Formation/Complexity
Habitat loss is bad news for species – especially for top predators
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have simulated what happens in ecosystems when the habitats of different ...
Random effects key to containing epidemics
The inherent randomness of contacts between infected and healthy individuals enhances the benefit of dividing a population into smaller communities ...
Novel method for measuring spatial dependencies turns less data into more data
NYU Tandon researcher devises a mathematical system for identifying influences between geographic phenomena that makes small data sets as effective ...
Interactions within larger social groups can cause tipping points in contagion flow
The distribution of group interactions in a social network affects the critical point at which explosive jumps in opinion, popularity, ...
Scientists voice concerns, call for transparency and reproducibility in AI research
International scientists are challenging their colleagues to make Artificial Intelligence (AI) research more transparent and reproducible to accelerate the impact ...
An innovative method to tune lasers toward infrared wavelengths
Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a ...
Safe flight: New method detects onset of destructive oscillations in aircraft turbines
New method for early flutter detection will help in the development of safer and more eco-friendly turbines in aircraftCredit: Tokyo ...
Topology-optimized thermal cloak-concentrator
Credit: Garuda Fujii, Institute of Engineering, Shinshu University, Japan Topology-optimized thermal cloak-concentrator realizes excellent cloaking and concentrating simultaneously although it ...
When does a second COVID surge end? Look at the maths
New maths on US infection rates helps identify COVID turning pointsCredit: Max Menzies and Nick James Mathematicians have developed a ...
COVID-19: Second wave for some; others remain in first wave
Thirty-one US states plus DC were experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases while 13 others were still in the ...
Extracting order from a quantum measurement finally shown experimentally
Credit: Ola Joensen In physics, it is essential to be able to show a theoretical assumption in actual, physical experiments. ...
Quantum leap for speed limit bounds
Rice physicists set far-more-accurate limits on speed of quantum informationCredit: Image courtesy of Zhiyuan Wang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 3, ...
Researchers set sights on theory of deep learning
DOD-funded team is developing guiding principles for popular form of AICredit: Jade Boyd/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug 31, 2020) - ...
Thermodynamics of computation: A quest to find the cost of running a Turing machine
Credit: Kolchinksy and Wolpert, Turing machines were first proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in 1936, and are a theoretical ...
Small quake clusters can’t hide from AI
Small quake clusters can't hide from AI Rice researchers use deep learning to find signs were present before deadly Greenland ...
Why COVID-19 infection curves behave so unexpectedly
Scientists at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna are the first to offer an explanation for the linear growth of coronavirus ...
How the zebrafish got its stripes
Animal patterns are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers at the University Bath have worked out how zebrafish ...
Optimizing neural networks on a brain-inspired computer
Credit: Heidelberg University Many computational properties are maximized when the dynamics of a network are at a "critical point", a ...
Spider monkey groups as collective computers
Credit: Sandra E. Smith Aguilar The wild spider monkeys living in a protected area near Punta Laguna, Mexico, collectively figure ...
