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Hidden Chaos Found to Lurk in Ecosystems

By Joanna Thompson
July 27, 2022
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New research finds that chaos plays a bigger role in population dynamics than decades of ecological data seemed to suggest.

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New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations

By Max G. Levy
January 5, 2021
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Two teams found different ways for quantum computers to process nonlinear systems by first disguising them as linear ones.

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Scientists Discover Exotic New Patterns of Synchronization

By Natalie Wolchover
April 4, 2019
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In a world seemingly filled with chaos, physicists have discovered new forms of synchronization and are learning how to predict and control them.

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Nature’s Critical Warning System

By Natalie Wolchover
November 18, 2015
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Scientists are homing in on a warning signal that arises in complex systems like ecological food webs, the brain and the Earth’s climate. Could it help prevent future catastrophes?

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Strange Stars Pulse to the Golden Mean

By Natalie Wolchover
March 10, 2015
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Nature has revealed peculiar mathematical objects that connect order and chaos.

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