Systems/Chaos/Pattern Formation/Complexity

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help Portland State provide better information to agencies that manage wildfires, water quality and biodiversity conservation. The grant will pay to conduct user needs…

ORNL team partners with Electric Power Board to test energy savings on building simulatorCredit: Joshua New, ORNL Buildings use 40 percent of America's primary energy and 75 percent of its electricity, which can jump to 80 percent when a…

Researchers in Vienna can infer the resilience of a health care system from its doctors' networksCredit: © Complexity Science Hub Vienna Scientists at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) have developed a stress test to…

In a dynamic computer game in which the computer is also a decision maker, you may often find yourself competing with the game to reach your goal. Similarly in handling a "self-driving" car, automobile equipped with automated driving…

Mobile hailing technology enables drivers to choose more profitable trips CATONSVILLE, MD, October 25, 2019 - A new research study published in the October edition of the INFORMS journal Marketing Science (Editor's note: The source of this…

Credit: TU Delft/ MAVLab Researchers have presented a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves. This work, presented in Science Robotics on 23 October, forms a significant step…

Scientists revisit a well-studied philosophical scenario to explore hierarchy within cooperation.Credit: Zhihai Rong, Zhi-Xi Wu, Xiang Li, Petter Holme and Guanrong Chen WASHINGTON, D.C., October 23, 2019 -- Game theory is a field…

Scientists gain understanding of mechanisms that determine growth patterns of tiny hairy cells within the ear A study of the genetic make-up of zebrafish has provided brand new insights into the cause of congenital hearing disorders in…

Researchers examine crash risk, crash exposure and the built environmentCredit: Florida Atlantic University How dangerous is travel in the United States? It depends on how you frame the question. If it's risk per kilometer, the U.S. has…

Cracks in the desert floor appear random to the untrained eye, even beautifully so, but the mathematics governing patterns of dried clay turn out to be predictable--and useful in designing advanced materials. In a pair of new studies…