News tagged with crowd dynamics

Simulator computes evacuation scenarios for major events

Predicting how large numbers of visitors to major events will behave is difficult. To prevent disasters, however, the police, rescue services and event organizers have to be able to identify dangerous bottlenecks, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Crowd dynamics in the spotlight after Duisburg disaster

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Love Parade in Duisburg in western Germany on 24th July was supposed to be a night of music and celebration for the estimated 1.4 million revelers, but it became a catastrophe, with 21 ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report




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Nomads of the galaxy

A recent study proposes the galaxy is crowded with nomad planets adrift in space. If this is the case, nomad planets may play a dynamic role in the universe.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Scientists use 'crowd funding' to secure research funds

When Tara Crawford saw a fishing net wrapped around a young California sea lion’s neck, cutting into its flesh and causing an infection, it reinforced her motivation to help these animals through her ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook falls flat in public debut (Update 3)

(AP) -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Looking through the glass transition on an ultrafast timescale

(Phys.org) -- When chemists look at a drinking glass filled with water and a few ice cubes, it's not clear to them whether the glass is more like the water or the ice.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Listen up, parents: For toddlers (and chimps), the majority rules

A study published online on April 12 in the journal Current Biology offers some news for parents: even toddlers have a tendency to follow the crowd. That sensitivity isn't unique to humans either; chimpanzees also a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Controlling Japanese barberry helps stop spread of tick-borne diseases

A nature-themed drama is unfolding in a corner of the UConn Forest in Storrs. The story contains elements of surprise as well as a glimpse of the region’s agrarian past.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nanorod-assembled order affects diffusion rate and direction

Some of the recent advancements in nanotechnology depend critically on how nanoparticles move and diffuse on a surface or in a fluid under non-ideal to extreme conditions. Georgia Tech has a team of researchers ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chaos puts a path on nanoparticles

At just over seven feet tall, Shaquille O’Neal is easy to spot in crowd. But the individual virus structures that give him, and us, a cold aren’t so easy to see.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design

Dashboards glittering with gadgets, turbo-charged engines and sleek designs are on offer as automakers try to attract young consumers who care more about computers than cars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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