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Twitter Data Reveals Global Communication Network

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 — Twitter mentions show distinct community structure patterns resulting from communication preferences of individuals affected by physical distance between users and commonalities, such […]

Can Social Unrest, Riot Dynamics Be Modeled?

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 — Episodes of social unrest rippled throughout Chile in 2019 and disrupted the daily routines of many citizens. Researchers specializing in economics, mathematics […]

Countries Group into Clusters as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 — Mathematicians based in Australia and China have developed a method to analyze the large amount of data accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Brexit’s Effect on Research Networks: Lower Local and Global Efficiency, Reorganization of Research Communities

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2020 — The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, a move known as Brexit, took effect Jan. 31, 2020. The results of this […]

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme with Inhibitors

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread around the world, many researchers are studying epidemiological models to […]

Critical Transition Theory Shows Flickering in Heart Before Atrial Fibrillation

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 — Affecting up to 4% of patients older than 65 years, atrial fibrillation ranks among the most common heart conditions. Described by health […]

Modeling COVID-19 Data Must Be Done With Extreme Care

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 — As the infectious virus causing the COVID-19 disease began its devastating spread around the globe, an international team of scientists was alarmed […]

Correlations in COVID-19 Growth Point to Universal Strategies for Slowing Spread

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2020 — Many months since the first COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, countries continue to explore solutions that are effective at managing the spread […]

Simulations Show Extreme Opinions Can Lead to Polarized Groups

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 — In recent years, chaos theory and other forms of computational modeling have sought to leverage findings in the social sciences to better […]