Cow Herd Behavior is Fodder for Complex Systems Analysis
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2017 — The image of grazing cows in a field has long conjured up a romantic nostalgia about a relaxed pace of rural […]
New Analysis of Brain Network Activity Offers Unique Insight Into Epileptic Seizures
WASHINGTON, D.C., April, 27, 2017 — Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder that afflicts approximately 50 million people worldwide. Although this disease has been known to exist […]
Understanding Predictability and Randomness by Digging in the Dirt
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2017 — When tilling soil, the blade of the tillage tool cuts through the dirt, loosening it up in preparation for seeding. The […]
Modeling the rhythmic electrical activities of the brain
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 24, 2017 — Researchers studying the brain have long been interested in its neural oscillations, the rhythmic electrical activity that plays an important role […]
“Listening” to Signals Traveling Through Bridges for Diagnosing Damage
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 29, 2016 – A group of Clarkson University mathematicians and a civil engineer developed a passive and noninvasive approach to “listen” to a collection […]
Synchronized Swimming: How Startled Fish Shoals Effectively Evade Danger
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2016 — As panic spreads, an entire shoal (collective) of fish responds to an incoming threat in a matter of seconds, seemingly as […]
Shaking Things Up with More Control
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 22, 2016 — This month, Samsung recalled 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to excessive vibrations that could cause the top to break off […]
How synchrony and asynchrony co-exist
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 15, 2016 — Order and disorder might seem dichotomous conditions of a functioning system, yet both states can, in fact, exist simultaneously and durably […]
Using Nonlinearity in Understanding Market Forces
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 20, 2016 — There are certain markets within the U.S. and global economies in which two major corporations dominate. For example, Coca-Cola Co. and […]