‘Chaotic’ Way to Create Insectlike Gaits for Robots
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2020 — Researchers in Japan and Italy are embracing chaos and nonlinear physics to create insectlike gaits for tiny robots — complete with a […]
In a Pandemic, Migration Away from Dense Cities More Effective than Closing Borders
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Pandemics are fueled, in part, by dense populations in large cities where networks of buildings, crowded sidewalks, and public transportation force people […]
Smartphone Use Offers Tool to Treat MS, Other Diseases
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better […]
Smart Devices to Schedule Electricity Use May Prevent Blackouts
WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — Power plants generate electricity and send it into power lines that distribute energy to nodes, or sites, where it can be used. […]
Random Effects Key to Containing Epidemics
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — To control an epidemic, authorities will often impose varying degrees of lockdown. In a paper in the journal Chaos, by AIP Publishing, […]
Interactions Within Larger Social Groups Can Cause Tipping Points in Contagion Flow
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — Contagion processes, such as opinion formation or disease spread, can reach a tipping point, where the contagion either rapidly spreads or dies […]
Finding Right Drug Balance for Parkinson’s Patients
WASHINGTON, September 29, 2020 — Parkinson’s disease is most commonly treated with levodopa, a drug which alleviates the slowing of bodily movements, called bradykinesia, found in Parkinson’s […]
COVID-19: Second Wave for Some; Others Remain in First Wave
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, some locations have experienced decreasing numbers of cases followed by an increase. This has […]
Betrayal or Cooperation? Analytical Investigation of Behavior Drivers
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 — When looking at humanity from a macroscopic perspective, there are numerous examples of people cooperating to form societies, countries, religions, and other […]