chaos
Get in synch — or be enslaved by it
Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2010) — We talk about synchronization a lot. We synch up; synch our computers; and get in synch. And synchronous behavior underlies many natural systems, events and phenomena.
Understanding conditions that cause osci…
Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2010) — Some disasters and crises are related to each other by more than just the common negative social value we assign to them. For example, earthquakes, homicide surges, magnetic storms, and the U.S. economic rece…
Universe chaotic from very beginning
Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague have proven it using rigorous mathematical arguments.
The stu…