Systems/Chaos/Pattern Formation/Complexity

New tools will help ecologists predict when species may be at riskCredit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service More than 3,000 animal species in the world today are considered endangered, with hundreds more categorized as vulnerable.…

An international PhD training programme, CriticalEarth, addresses a pressing need in climate scienceCredit: Ola J. Joensen, NBI There is a pressing need for skilled climate scientists with excellent insight into advanced mathematical…

Credit: Jennifer Dunne If you want to understand an ecosystem, look at what the species within it eat. In studying food webs -- how animals and plants in a community are connected through their dietary preferences -- ecologists can…

The model will enhance the robustness of networks to adversarial attacks and will benefit both practitioners and organizations.Credit: SUTD If you were an owner of a newly set-up company, you would most likely be focused on…

NEW YORK, NY (Jan. 11, 2021)--Thousands of different genetic mutations have been implicated in cancer, but a new analysis of almost 10,000 patients found that regardless of the cancer's origin, tumors could be stratified in only 112…

Parts of the planet that are diverse biologically and culturally show even more diversity than you'd expectCredit: (Figure: Hamilton et al, Scientific Reports) Most forms of life -- species of mammals, birds, plants, reptiles,…

Predictive analytics is the art and science of proposed predictive systems and models. With tuning over time, these models can predict an outcome with a far higher statistical probability than mere guesswork. Predictive analytics plays an…

Using a network of a newly introduced type of rain gauge that can measure rainfall with drop-by-drop precision, KAUST researchers have developed a high-frequency rainfall model to improve understanding of rainfall/runoff dynamics, such as…

Credit: Weyn et al./ Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Today's weather forecasts come from some of the most powerful computers on Earth. The huge machines churn through millions of calculations to solve equations to predict…

Methods currently used for predicting the development of COVID-19 and other pandemics fail to report precisely on the best and worst case scenarios. Newly developed prediction method for epidemics, published in Nature Physics, solve this…

By using small networks of Rössler systems, a locomotion controller enables a brain-machine interface for a six-legged antlike robot.Credit: Ludovico Minati WASHINGTON, December 15, 2020 -- Researchers in Japan and Italy are…

Fans are not amused about decisions made by video assistantsCredit: Uli Benz / TUM Since the 2019/20 season, controversial referee calls in the English Premier League may be technically reviewed and, if deemed necessary, corrected.…

Since the very beginning of quantum physics, a hundred years ago, it has been known that all particles in the universe fall into two categories: fermions and bosons. For instance, the protons found in atomic nuclei are fermions, while…

The coronavirus outbreak offered the public a crash course in statistics, with terms like doubling time, logarithmic scales, R factor, rolling averages, and excess mortality now on everyone's tongue. However, simply having heard these…

Optimised quantum algorithms present solution to Fermi-Hubbard model on near-term hardwareCredit: A. Montanaro The team, led by Bristol researcher and Phasecraft co-founder, Dr. Ashley Montanaro, has discovered algorithms and…

Underwhelming results underscore the complexity of language evolution while showing promise in some current applicationsCredit: Johann-Mattis List, Hans Sell Lexical borrowing, or the direct transfer of words from one language…

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have built two models that accurately explain the light-emitting behavior of semiconductor nanoplatelets, minuscule structures that can become the building blocks for optoelectronics of the…

Host campus UC Riverside will be joined by UC Davis and UC Merced RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of California, Riverside, is the recipient of a 2021 UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives, or MRPI, award allowing the campus…

The latest book from Fourier optics expert Goodman describes the properties of Fourier transforms and presents their modern applications utilizing this versatile softwareCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - Joe Goodman, an…

HZDR team develops component for neuromorphic computerCredit: HZDR/Sahneweiß/H. Schultheiß Neural networks are some of the most important tools in artificial intelligence (AI): they mimic the operation of the human brain and can…