How the Reach of Inhibitory Synapses Steers Brain Networks Toward Criticality
A new computational study shows that the spatial reach of inhibitory synapses, through signal delays that weaken long-range connections, determines ...
Tag: self-organization
How Plant Patterns Could Save Pollinators in a Warming, Drying World
A new theoretical study shows that self-organized vegetation patterns can stabilize plant–pollinator mutualisms, allowing coexistence under environmental stress that would ...
Physicists Watch Predictability Emerge From the Heart of an Unpredictable System
University of Illinois physicists have built a fully deterministic, nonchaotic cellular automaton whose final state is initially unpredictable even to ...
Dunes Follow a Hidden Physics: Young Coastal Dune Landscapes Self-Organize Like Phase-Separating Fluids
New research shows that young coastal dune landscapes self-organize through phase-separation physics, revealing local tipping points beyond which damage to ...
Flickering Light Sculpts Quantum Dot Patterns by Outsmarting Polymerization Kinetics
Researchers in Japan have shown that switching patterned light on and off at precisely timed intervals can dramatically sharpen the ...
Why One Student Stays Silent: A New Model Treats Motivation as a Complex Dynamic System
A new review in Educational Psychology Review proposes the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity, which explains motivated action as ...
Neural Networks Spontaneously Split Into Context and Sensory Specialists
A new study shows that artificial neural networks with two parallel pathways joined by a cross-product fusion spontaneously develop specialized ...
How Organoids Became Biology’s Most Powerful Miniature Laboratories
A new Nature Protocols tutorial by Munich researchers charts the full scope of organoid technology, from intestinal miniguts and brain ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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