Search results for chaos theorist

Environment Apr 8, 2024

Feeling depleted? So is the planet. Here's how to move from exhaustion to empowerment

Have you felt overwhelmed recently? Stressed and exhausted from the busy treadmill of modern life? You're not alone. Global polls suggest 76% of people experience burnout at least sometimes at work.

Quantum Physics Mar 19, 2024

Cracking the quantum code: Simulations track entangled quarks

Today, the word "quantum" is everywhere—in company names, movie titles, even theaters. But at its core, the concept of a quantum—the tiniest, discrete amount of something—was first developed to explain the behavior ...

General Physics Feb 23, 2023

Theory can sort order from chaos in complex quantum systems

It's not easy to make sense of quantum-scale motion, but a new mathematical theory developed by scientists at Rice University and Oxford University could help—and may provide insight into improving a variety of computing, ...

Plants & Animals Nov 17, 2022

Synchrony with chaos: Blinking lights of a firefly swarm embody in nature what mathematics predicted

Imagine an old-growth forest in the fading light of a summer evening. As the last of the sun's rays disappear beneath the horizon, a tiny flash catches your eye.

Evolution Nov 11, 2022

Why are there so many species? Chaos is an important factor for biodiversity

Scientists at the University of Cologne and the University of Osnabrück have demonstrated for the first time, in biological systems with a single species, that chaos-like unpredictable dynamics can arise under completely ...

Quantum Physics Sep 26, 2022

Physicists shed light on a different kind of chaos

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara, the University of Maryland, and the University of Washington have found an answer to the longstanding physics question: How do interparticle interactions affect dynamical localization?

Quantum Physics Jul 26, 2022

Anti-butterfly effect enables new benchmarking of quantum computer performance

Research drawing on the quantum "anti-butterfly effect" solves a longstanding experimental problem in physics and establishes a method for benchmarking the performance of quantum computers.

Mathematics Mar 23, 2022

US topology and chaos theorist wins mathematics Abel Prize

The Abel Prize honouring achievements in mathematics was awarded Wednesday to American Dennis Parnell Sullivan for his contributions to topology, including work on chaos theory, the Norwegian Academy of Science said.

Social Sciences Jan 26, 2022

The pandemic changed death rituals and left grieving families without a sense of closure

The unexpected death of a friend and colleague to COVID-19 in January 2021 led me to start researching how American death rituals were transforming during the pandemic. My friend was Hindu, and while watching his funeral ...

Nanomaterials Jun 21, 2021

'Flashed' nanodiamonds are just a phase, research team finds

Diamond may be just a phase carbon goes through when exposed to a flash of heat, but that makes it far easier to obtain.

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